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12 stories from Planck Standard. Latest: June 15, 2026.
Section 702, which intelligence officials call their single most valuable tool, expired at 12:01 a.m. June 12 after Democrats refused to renew it while Bill Pulte runs the spy agencies.
Key spying program ends Saturday night while government agencies indicate surveillance operations will continue under alternative authorities.
Top officials say letting the powerful spying authority expire will leave the United States dangerously blind, though some surveillance operations can still continue under existing frameworks.
FISA surveillance power faces expiration deadline while top officials argue letting the authority lapse will leave America dangerously vulnerable to foreign threats.
Critical intelligence-gathering law faces lapse after measure falls well short of support needed to pass, raising national security concerns.
Republicans struggle to extend powerful surveillance authority set to lapse this weekend following president's controversial choice of Bill Pulte as acting spy chief.
Republicans struggle to extend FISA surveillance authority set to expire this weekend after the president's controversial pick alienates lawmakers.
A failed Senate vote and a fight over reforms have left Section 702, a cornerstone of U.S. foreign intelligence gathering, days away from lapsing amid turmoil at the top of the spy agencies.
Democrats withdrew support for renewing key surveillance authorities following the president's controversial intelligence appointment, throwing national security programs into uncertainty.
Justice Department agrees to payment over FBI surveillance errors during Russia investigation, acknowledging significant procedural failures in FISA applications.
The Senate must also approve the stopgap measure as libertarian-leaning House Republicans balked at a long-term extension of the controversial surveillance program.
The Rules Committee cleared an 18-month clean extension of FISA Section 702, rejecting warrant requirements sought by Democrats and some Republicans, as CIA Director Ratcliffe says constitutional protections are operationally incompatible with foreign surveillance.