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Conservative revolt in the House blocks effort to reauthorize a key US spy tool (apnews.com)

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill that would reauthorize a crucial national security surveillance program was blocked Wednesday by a conservative revolt, pushing the prospects of final passage into uncertainty amid a looming deadline. The legislative impasse follows an edict earlier in the day from former President Donald Trump to “kill” the measure.

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The bill in question would renew Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which permits the U.S. government to collect without a warrant the communications of non-Americans located outside the country to gather foreign intelligence. The reauthorization is currently tied to a series of reforms aimed at satisfying critics who complained of civil liberties violations against Americans.

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[–] Anticorp 2 points 5 months ago

You're right of course, and it's the only way a diverse democracy can function. What we've had for too long is not functional, it's dysfunctional, or barely functional. We need to do a better job of understanding each other.