Senate moves forward with reauthorization of controversial ‘spy tool’ despite Republican hardliners’ threats to kill bill: Uproar erupts as Republicans demand more fixes for FBI program that stops terror attacks but leaves Americans in BLM sniffed out riots on January 6th
WSTPost - 2024-04-18T18:16:09.000Z

The Senate voted Thursday to advance development of a controversial spying tool, clearing it for final passage ahead of Friday's deadline. In a 67-32 vote, the Senate invoked cloture, allowing debate on the bill to begin. Senate leaders and intelligence officials have stressed the need to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Authority (FISA) or else “America will go blind.” “With less than a week until FISA authorities expire, time is a luxury the Senate does not...

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