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Intelligence Leaders Implore Congress Not to End Surveillance Law

FISA Section 702 is ‘essential’ to the intelligence community despite its shortcomings in protecting Americans’ privacy, said DNI Avril Haines.
Intelligence Leaders Implore Congress Not to End Surveillance Law
(L–R) Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency Lieutenant General Jeffrey Krus, FBI Director Christopher Wray, CIA Director William Burns, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General Timothy Haugh, and Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research Brett Holmgren testify during a Senate Intelligence Committee on worldwide threats, in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 11, 2024. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images
Andrew Thornebrooke
Andrew Thornebrooke
National Security Correspondent
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Intelligence leaders are lobbying Congress to keep a controversial surveillance law in place despite concerns it has been used to spy on American citizens.

Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) allows U.S. intelligence agencies to collect broad swathes of data including texts, emails, and phone calls from foreigners living outside of the United States.

Andrew Thornebrooke
Andrew Thornebrooke
National Security Correspondent
Andrew Thornebrooke is a national security correspondent for The Epoch Times covering China-related issues with a focus on defense, military affairs, and national security. He holds a master's in military history from Norwich University.
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