A powerful US surveillance law is set to expire – what happens now?
Key takeaways
- Mike Johnson, the House speaker, in Washington on Thursday.
- Donald Trump’s bid to install a controversial ally as the country’s leading intelligence official has shone a light on the wide reach of a powerful surveillance law, and raised questions over its future.
- Privacy advocates say it deserves scrutiny, and reform, regardless of who the US president appoints as director of national intelligence (DNI).
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Mike Johnson, the House speaker, in Washington on Thursday. Photograph: Ken Cedeno/Reuters View image in fullscreen Mike Johnson, the House speaker, in Washington on Thursday. Photograph: Ken Cedeno/Reuters US politics Analysis. A powerful US surveillance law is set to expire – what happens now?Sanya Mansoor Congress has failed to reauthorize section 702 of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act amid questions over its future
Donald Trump’s bid to install a controversial ally as the country’s leading intelligence official has shone a light on the wide reach of a powerful surveillance law, and raised questions over its future.
Privacy advocates say it deserves scrutiny, and reform, regardless of who the US president appoints as director of national intelligence (DNI).