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Storm Clouds Over Spy Power Talks in Congress

With an end-of-the-week expiration of a federal spy program rapidly approaching, some in Congress are threatening to tank talks over the man the Trump administration has appointed to the nation’s highest surveillance position.

On Friday, Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which grants the federal government the authority to surveil foreigners without a warrant, will expire. 

In order for Congress to extend the authority, Republicans and Democrats in the Senate will have to come to an agreement. In April, Congress voted twice for short-term extensions of the power after failing to agree on a compromise framework for reforms. 

But now, Democrats appear to be attempting to leverage the FISA deadline to oust Bill Pulte, Trump’s pick as acting Director of National Intelligence. 

“I wonder whether the president actually wants [FISA] extended, because to pick someone like Bill Pulte, who doesn’t have an ounce of intelligence or national security experience… that background we’re going to turn him over the keys to the 18 intelligence agencies at this moment in time?” Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia, the top Democrat on the Senate intelligence committee, said on Fox News Sunday.

Democrats have also criticized Pulte for his actions as director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

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