Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) is attempting to end the FBI’s “power grab” and has introduced an amendment to a revised version of a bill reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).
In a post on the social media platform X on Thursday, the Missouri senator said the federal government “doesn’t deserve more open-ended surveillance authority” and must be stopped.
Mr. Hawley noted he has introduced an amendment to the reauthorization that aims to reign in the government’s surveillance authority under the renewed act.
It comes after lawmakers in the House last week agreed to reauthorize Section 702 of FISA, which grants intelligence agencies broad authority to conduct warrantless surveillance of foreigners located outside of the United States….
