NEW-NEW: Hearing @wyden.senate.gov is now offering two options for unanimous consent on the floor: a 9-month 702 extension that requires warrants to view Americans’ communications, or a short 5-week extension with basic transparency reforms.
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NEW: The most powerful warrantless surveillance authority the US government has is on track to expire Friday for the first time ever. Because Trump won't part with a bush-league mortgage regulator who has no intelligence background, just a habit of referring his critics for prosecution.
US lawmakers are alarmed that Bill Pulte, a housing official with no intelligence experience, is poised to take charge of one of the government's most powerful surveillance tools.
