Technology giants, including Meta Platforms Inc. and Google, along with a ragtag collection of ideologically divergent groups, are lobbying over spy powers legislation that has bedeviled Congress.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) corralled enough of his conservative flank to move forward on a reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which allows US intelligence agencies to collect the communications of foreigners. Advocates for changes, from across the political spectrum, say it needs more transparency to protect Americans from warrantless surveillance.
Section 702 is set to expire Thursday at midnight, and a House vote to reauthorize the power ...
