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Judiciary witnesses clash over 'clean' 18‑month extension for FISA Section 702
Summary
At the Rules Committee, Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan urged an 18‑month clean extension of Section 702 of FISA citing recent compliance improvements and ongoing foreign threats; Ranking Member Jamie Raskin urged rejection of a clean extension and pushed for strengthened judicial guardrails, citing dismantled internal watchdogs and risk of abuse.
The Rules Committee heard lengthy testimony from Chairman Jim Jordan (Judiciary) and Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (Judiciary) on proposals to authorize an 18‑month extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The debate focused on whether to reauthorize Section 702 on a "clean" basis — i.e., without additional statutory warrant requirements for queries of U.S. person content returned under 702 — and whether the executive branch has sufficient internal oversight in place.
Chairman Jordan argued that the 2024 reauthorization's 56 reforms have reduced noncompliant queries drastically, citing a fall from millions…
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