Biden signs FISA extension into law after race to avoid lapse

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Biden signs FISA extension into law after race to avoid lapse
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President Joe Biden signed a law to extend FISA Section 702, which allows the government to collect intelligence information about foreigners outside the U.S.

before midnight Saturday, when the program was set to expire. With Biden’s signature, it has been reauthorized for two years.

Before the president signed the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act, Biden administration officials had warned the lapse in the surveillance program would pose a danger to national security. Jake Sullivan, Biden’s national security adviser, applauded the Senate’s vote to pass the bill Friday night in a

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