Senate passes FISA surveillance tool renewal minutes after midnight deadline
About 40 minutes after it expired, the Senate voted to renew Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). FISA is a service provider that serves as an important tool used by governments to gather information about foreign subjects using the mandatory assistance of electronic communications. The Senate voted 60-34 to reauthorize. The provision […]
Gun groups slam Biden admin over new ATF rule: ‘Weaponizing every tool’
Second Amendment advocates are slamming new rules from the Biden administration that will require thousands of additional gun dealers across the country to conduct background checks on buyers outside of gun shows and brick-and-mortar stores. This rule means that tens of thousands of guns are sold each year by unlicensed dealers who do not conduct […]
House GOP considers backup FISA plan to sunset spy tool after stunning floor defeat
House Republicans are regrouping and considering a two-year sunset on a key surveillance law as a way to move forward on reauthorizing security measures after a group of hard-line Republicans effectively killed a procedural rule in a blow to House leaders ahead of next week’s deadline. The “no” votes of 19 hard-line House Republicans and […]
Andrew McCabe Acknowledges ‘Mistakes’ In Trump Campaign Investigation As He Pushes Warrantless Surveillance Tool
Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe acknowledged Thursday that errors were made in the investigation into former President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign that pushed for updates to warrantless surveillance tools. The FBI secretly surveilled campaign aide Carter Page with the approval of a secret court overseeing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), using documents containing […]
Intel community scrambling to defend contentious spy tool as lawmakers decry ‘mass surveillance’
exclusive: With Congress deadlocked, U.S. intelligence agencies strive to highlight the important nature of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act without releasing as many details as the target would accommodate. However, it also contends with widespread misconceptions about the law within Congress. “By trying to explain your values, you also give your adversary […]
Johnson bucks GOP privacy hawks in closed lawmaker meeting on spy tool renewal
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) said Wednesday in a closed House Republican conference, against the wishes of conservative privacy hawks, the warrant as the House prepares to update key federal surveillance tools. He warned lawmakers against amending the requirements. . Two people who were present during Johnson’s remarks told Fox News Digital that Johnson brought […]
Conservatives threaten to sink FISA renewal as House Republicans battle over federal surveillance tool
Conservative privacy hawks in the House of Representatives are threatening to block a full House vote on updating a key government surveillance tool known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). The fight over the five-year renewal of the program has been a challenge for House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) and his […]
Congress one step closer to reauthorizing controversial federal surveillance tool
Congress is now one step closer to extending the life of a key federal surveillance tool known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). A bill to reauthorize Section 702 of FISA passed the House Rules Committee on Tuesday night, the last hurdle before the bill is considered by the House. It […]
House braces for battle over renewing controversial FISA surveillance tool
House Republicans plan to vote on updates to controversial federal surveillance tools when they return from recess next week, multiple sources told Fox News Digital. Two House Republican aides and a Republican lawmaker, all speaking on condition of anonymity, said the House would approve Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which is […]
OpenAI says its voice cloning tool too risky to release
OpenAI has announced that it has developed a tool that can replicate the human voice from just 15 seconds of recorded audio, but it has not yet released it to the public due to concerns that it could be misused, especially during the 2024 election. . The software, called Voice Engine, was first developed in […]