Jay Clayton set for DNI confirmation hearing Fox News chief congressional correspondent Chad Pergram reports on Jay Clayton’s Senate confirmation hearing as he looks to become the next director of national intelligence. Pergram also reports House Republicans are linking the SAVE America Act to a State Department funding bill following the expiration of the FISA … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump’s pick to run the nation’s intelligence agencies is one step closer to clinching the job, and puts the Senate ever-closer to jump-starting a key counter-terrorism tool in the process. The Senate advanced Jay Clayton through a key hurdle Monday night to be the next … Read more
A 21-year-old airman who disappeared during a World War II spy mission over Thailand and Burma has been accounted for, the U.S. military said Wednesday. U.S. Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Franklin H. McKinney was a pilot from Rhode Island and part of the 35th Photo Reconnaissance Squadron, 14th Air Force, according to the Defense … Read more
Veterans of the agency worry the case will compromise legitimate, highly classified operations against American adversaries. Source link
At 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, the U.S. government’s authorization to monitor communications of noncitizens outside the country without a warrant – seen by some as a key counterterrorism tool – expired. Congress did not renew Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) in part because of a standoff with President Donald Trump over … Read more
Washington — A key surveillance tool that lets the government collect foreign intelligence without a warrant is again at the brink of expiration. Barring an 11th-hour intervention, the spy authority, known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, is set to lapse at 12 a.m. Saturday after President Trump’s pick to oversee the … Read more
Lawmakers continue dispute over FISA Chief Congressional Correspondent Chad Pergram reports from Capitol Hill on the ongoing debate surrounding the extension of the FISA surveillance tool. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! One of the government’s most powerful surveillance tools will go dark this weekend, and lawmakers aren’t sure what that means for … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A key U.S. surveillance program is on the brink of expiring after House Democrats and a group of conservatives sank a temporary extension amid a standoff over President Donald Trump’s intelligence chief pick. Lawmakers voted 198-218 on Thursday to extend Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance … Read more
Washington — House Republicans on Thursday will move forward on what’s expected to be a futile effort to extend a key spy authority until early July, after President Trump’s pick for director of national intelligence rattled lawmakers. The authority, known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, is set to expire Friday after … Read more
WASHINGTON — A rare lapse in a law that allows the U.S. to gather intelligence abroad is growing more likely after President Donald Trump resisted calls from Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill to immediately name a permanent head of the nation’s intelligence agencies. Trump has doubled down on his temporary pick for director of … Read more