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Expiring spy law sparks warnings of 'fatal' consequences ahead of World Cup

One of the government’s most powerful surveillance tools will go dark this weekend, and lawmakers aren’t sure what that means for the nation’s intelligence-gathering authorities. Democrats rejected attempts in the House and Senate to extend Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) in an act of defiance against President Donald Trump, who tapped housing chief Bill Pulte to temporarily oversee the nation’s intelligence services. But there are differing trains of thought on the ramifications of failing to renew the program. Some lawmakers argued that an extension was not ne...