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Posted by: Paul Burch on Dec 14, 2023

The U.S. House of Representatives today in a 310-118 vote passed the annual defense spending bill and reauthorized Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act for an additional four months, Courthouse News Service reports. That program allows intelligence agencies to conduct surveillance on foreign nationals who use U.S. communications systems. Opponents of the program argue that it allows intelligence agencies to conduct surveillance activities without a search warrant and that it has been used to target American citizens and residents.