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The deadline to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is coming up a week from now on June 12th, and legislators seem no closer to reaching a deal. If this sounds like deja vu, it\u2019s because we\u2019ve been here before. Congress reauthorized Section 702 in late April<\/a> \u2014 but only for 45 days, so lawmakers could negotiate reforms to the controversial wiretapping authority.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThere were no reformers in any of the conversations that happened. Full stop,\u201d Sean Vitka, the executive director of Demand Progress, said on a press call Friday afternoon, hours after the Senate voted 52 to 47 against a deal that would have renewed Section 702 <\/a>for three years, which would have required sixty votes. Democrats voted against the plan due to President Donald Trump\u2019s announcement on Thursday that Bill Pulte \u2014 a businessman with no security clearance \u2014 would serve as acting director of national intelligence<\/a>. They were joined by seven Republicans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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As the head of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Pulte would oversee 18 agencies. In a Friday interview with the Wall Street Journal<\/em><\/a>, Trump suggested that he wants Pulte to gut ODNI. \u201cWe\u2019ve made the Department of Education much smaller, and likewise, this should be much smaller,\u201d Trump said. According to the Journal<\/em>, Trump suggested Pulte fire intelligence staff who served under the Obama and Biden administrations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Critics of a so-called \u201cclean\u201d extension of Section 702 \u2014 one without reforms like a warrant requirement for queries involving US persons \u2014 have cited Trump\u2019s well-documented abuses of its surveillance powers. Pulte\u2019s appointment has only made matters wore for the administration, which has been urging Republican legislators to reauthorize Section 702 without reforms.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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