The proposal adds civil liberties safeguards but does not require warrants for data searches, a key demand from privacy-focused conservatives.
Ongoing divisions among Republicans and debates over unrelated issues like central bank digital currency threaten the bill’s passage before the current extension expires.
Why is a ban on digital currency being tied to the foreign surveillance law reauthorization debate?
After a court deemed FBI searches unconstitutional, why does the new bill still lack a warrant mandate?
Are the proposed new penalties strong enough to deter future misuse of surveillance powers by the FBI?
Will Congress act to stop spy agencies from buying Americans' personal data from commercial data brokers?
In an era of digital data, can national security and personal privacy truly coexist under one law?
How could AI transform the massive databases collected under this law into tools for mass surveillance?