{"id":2408,"date":"2026-06-10T19:04:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T19:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=2408"},"modified":"2026-06-10T19:04:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T19:04:52","slug":"hopes-dim-for-renewing-spy-law-as-trump-digs-in-on-bill-pulte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=2408","title":{"rendered":"Hopes dim for renewing spy law as Trump digs in on Bill Pulte"},"content":{"rendered":"
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WASHINGTON — Hopes were fading Wednesday for a breakthrough in Congress to salvage a warrantless surveillance law before its expiration this weekend, after President Donald Trump dug in on naming a close ally who has alienated members of both parties to a top intelligence post.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Unless lawmakers act by midnight Friday, the law, known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, will sunset. It is the legal underpinning for what is widely considered to be the most powerful surveillance tool the federal government has at its disposal, credited with generating intelligence that thwarts terror plots, defangs foreign hackers, curtails drug trafficking and gleans key insights for policymakers about chief rivals like China and Russia.<\/span><\/p>\n

Trump administration officials and some Republican lawmakers have warned that letting Section 702 lapse would risk grave security threats to the United States, especially as the war in Iran grinds on.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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