FBI Director Christopher Wray implored lawmakers on Capitol Hill to expeditiously reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act before it expires next week.
“Section 702 is indispensable in keeping Americans safe from a whole barrage of fast-moving foreign threats,” Wray testified before the House Appropriations Committee at the U.S. Capitol Thursday afternoon.
“So if Congress lets 702 lapse, which it’s set to do now next week, it will massively increase the risk of missing crucial intelligence during a time of heightened national security threats across a whole multiple of fronts,” Wray said.
FISA was passed in 1978 and outlines how the U.S. government can conduct surveillance and foreign intelligence gathering. It has been amended numerous times since then, including after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, when provisions were added to enhance how the FBI could collect information about
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