Congress still can’t decide what to do about warrantless surveillance

What happened

According to The Verge’s source item, Congress still can’t decide what to do about warrantless surveillance, The deadline to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is coming up a week from now on June 12th, and legislators seem no closer to reaching a deal. If this sounds like deja vu, it’s because we’ve been here before. Congress reauthorized Section 702 in late April - but only for 45 […] The deadline to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is coming up a week from now on June 12th, and legislators seem no closer to reaching a deal. If this sounds like deja vu, it’s because we’ve been here before. Congress reauthorized Section 702 in late April - but only for 45 days, so lawmakers could negotiate reforms to the controversial wiretapping authority. “There were no reformers in any of the conversations that happened. Full stop,” Sean Vitka, the executive director of Demand Progress, said on a press call Friday afternoon, hours a

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