A controversial spy powers law plays an “outsized role” in alerting the president to national security threats, with 63% of articles included in Donald Trump’s daily intelligence brief in 2025 containing information derived from the program, according to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board.
Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which permits intelligence agencies to collect non-US citizens’ electronic communications abroad, is set to expire April 20. Trump has publicly pushed for an 18-month extension of Section 702, but reauthorization has proven a heavy lift.
The board, an independent and bipartisan agency, said in its unclassified report ...