Temporary surveillance extension to ride on defense policy bill

U.S. lawmakers are expected to attach a short-term extension of a controversial surveillance tool to this year’s final defense policy bill, a congressional source told Recorded Future News. By hitching a temporary renewal of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act — which is set to expire at the end of the calendar year

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