Cellphone companies still collecting surveillance data on foreign threats despite FISA lapse
The nomination appeared to be on a glide path until Trump instructed Clayton not to appear at his confirmation hearing until the Senate approved his replacement in Manhattan.The president also told Congress he would not support the renewal of Section 702 until lawmakers passed the SAVE America Act. Trump relented, and Clayton appeared before the Senate intelligence committee earlier this month. During the hearing, Clayton was questioned about whether he believed Joe Biden won the 2020 election and about Pulte’s declassifying of documents related to alleged interference in that contest.
- ▪The nomination appeared to be on a glide path until Trump instructed Clayton not to appear at his confirmation hearing until the Senate approved his replacement in Manhattan.The president also told Congress he would not support the renewal
- ▪Trump relented, and Clayton appeared before the Senate intelligence committee earlier this month.
- ▪During the hearing, Clayton was questioned about whether he believed Joe Biden won the 2020 election and about Pulte’s declassifying of documents related to alleged interference in that contest.
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The urgency regarding the renewal of the provision of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that permits the United States to collect data on foreign nationals — and inadvertently U.S. citizens without a warrant — appears to have dissipated, in part, because cellphone companies continue to cooperate with the federal government.“The phone companies collecting the data despite the lapse makes it very difficult long-term to reauthorize FISA, which is very dangerous for national security,” a House Republican with insight into FISA told the Washington Examiner.
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