Warrant requirements are emerging as a key flashpoint as House GOP leaders seek to extend a US spy powers law past April 20.
Conservative privacy hawks, whose votes are critical to advancing the extension to a final vote today, have demanded changes to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which allows US agencies to collect the communications of foreigners overseas. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) projected optimism Wednesday, saying that discussions about “minor modifications” are ongoing.
House Republican leaders are still publicly pressing for a clean 18-month extension, but they’re also discussing possible tweaks to dislodge the renewal ...