Trump Administration Lobbying Hard for Sweeping Surveillance Law
Reauthorizing the controversial section 702 of FISA is a key priority of the Trump administration.
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Alex Emmons is a former national security reporter for The Intercept. He joined The Intercept in 2016 as a politics intern.
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