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FISA, a Key U.S. Spying Power, Is Expiring. What Does That Mean for Foreign Surveillance?

Top officials and some lawmakers say letting a powerful spying authority expire on Saturday will leave the United States dangerously blind. But surveillance can still continue.

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Speaker Mike Johnson said that not extending the law, known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, risked “a serious calamity on our shores.”
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