{"id":2218693,"date":"2024-04-11T17:04:10","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T21:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wray-rebuts-trump-order-to-kill-fisa-its-indispensable-in-keeping-americans-safe\/"},"modified":"2024-04-11T17:07:31","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T21:07:31","slug":"wray-rebuts-trump-order-to-kill-fisa-its-indispensable-in-keeping-americans-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wray-rebuts-trump-order-to-kill-fisa-its-indispensable-in-keeping-americans-safe\/","title":{"rendered":"Wray opposes Trump&#8217;s directive to dismantle FISA, highlighting its crucial role in safeguarding Americans"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwray-rebuts-trump-order-to-kill-fisa-its-indispensable-in-keeping-americans-safe%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2218693&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>FBI\u200d Director Christopher \u2062Wray urged swift reauthorization of\u2064 Section 702 of the\u200d Foreign Intelligence Surveillance\u2063 Act before it expires next week to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-gives-national-security-grants-to-think-tank-backed-by-ccp-front-group\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Gives National Security Grants to Think Tank Backed by CCP Front Group\">enhance national security<\/a>. Wray emphasized \u2062its critical role in protecting\u2064 Americans from \u2062fast-evolving foreign threats and warned of the potential intelligence\u2064 gaps\u2062 if not renewed \u2063promptly \u200cby Congress. \u200bFBI Director Christopher Wray stressed the urgent need for \u200cthe prompt reauthorization of Section 702 of \u2063the Foreign \u200bIntelligence Surveillance Act before its looming expiration\u2063 to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/does-the-us-need-another-new-branch-of-the-armed-forces-for-cyber-warriors\/\" title=\"Should the US establish a new military branch specifically for cyber warriors?\">bolster national \u200csecurity<\/a>. Highlighting its pivotal significance in shielding Americans from rapidly evolving foreign\u200d dangers, Wray cautioned about\u2063 the\u200d risks of intelligence\u200d deficiencies\u2062 in the absence \u200dof timely renewal \u200cby Congress.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>FBI Director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/christopher-wray\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Christopher Wray<\/a> implored lawmakers on Capitol Hill to expeditiously reauthorize Section 702 of the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fisa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act<\/a> before it expires next week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSection 702 is indispensable in keeping Americans safe from a whole barrage of fast-moving foreign threats,\u201d Wray testified before the House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/appropriations\" title>Appropriations<\/a> Committee at the U.S. Capitol Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo if Congress lets 702 lapse, which it\u2019s set to do now next week, it will massively increase the risk of missing crucial intelligence during a time of heightened national security threats across a whole multiple of fronts,\u201d Wray said.<\/p>\n<p>FISA was passed in 1978 and outlines how the U.S. government can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-biden-admin-considering-using-private-firms-to-conduct-warrantless-surveillance-of-u-s-citizens\/\" title=\"CNN: Biden Admin Considering Using Private Firms To Conduct Warrantless Surveillance Of U.S. Citizens\">conduct surveillance<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-nsa-unmasked-tucker-carlson-report-says-fox-news-responds\/\" title=\"BREAKING: NSA Unmasked Tucker Carlson, Report Says; Fox News Responds\">foreign intelligence gathering<\/a>. It has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-files-lawsuit-against-laptop-repair-shop-owner\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden files lawsuit against laptop repair shop owner\">amended numerous times<\/a> since then, including after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, when provisions were added to enhance how the FBI could collect information about U.S.-based individuals.<\/p>\n<p>Approving the reauthorization has become a nightmare for the House this week after former President Donald Trump called on lawmakers on the hard Right to deny its advancement on the basis that the FBI used the authorities to spy on a campaign aide in 2020 and 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIT WAS ILLEGALLY USED AGAINST ME, AND MANY OTHERS. THEY SPIED ON MY CAMPAIGN!!!\u201d Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/112245329328818599\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>wrote<\/a> on Truth Social.<\/p>\n<p>The matter has put Trump and Wray at odds after Trump appointed Wray to his post during his administration.<\/p>\n<p>Trump posted on his social media platform Truth Social that lawmakers should \u201cKILL FISA\u201d in a procedural vote Wednesday, pitting a fraction of the House GOP against the majority of Republicans and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).<\/p>\n<p>Section 702 allows the FBI to identify terrorists in the United States who are working with groups overseas, uncover foreign plots to kidnap or assassinate dissidents in the U.S., and warn critical infrastructure authorities of plots by hackers in China, Russia, and Iran, according to Wray.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Johnson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/04\/10\/politics\/trump-fisa-speaker-johnson-house-republicans\/index.html\" title>told<\/a> reporters on Wednesday that he still believed the House had a path to victory despite the setback to pass the reauthorization.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe still have time on the clock this week,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cWe are going to try and find a way to unlock the rule and I think it\u2019s possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FBI Director Christopher Wray urged swift reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act before its upcoming expiration. Emphasizing its vital role in protecting Americans from various foreign threats, Wray testified before the House Appropriations Committee at the U.S. Capitol, highlighting the urgency of the matter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2655,"featured_media":2218694,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24071763881061-1024x593.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2218693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24071763881061-1024x593.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2218693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2655"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2218693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2218693\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2218694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2218693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2218693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2218693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}