{"id":2226175,"date":"2024-04-20T18:48:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-20T22:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-signs-fisa-extension-into-law-after-race-to-avoid-lapse\/"},"modified":"2024-04-20T18:50:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T22:50:20","slug":"biden-signs-fisa-extension-into-law-after-race-to-avoid-lapse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-signs-fisa-extension-into-law-after-race-to-avoid-lapse\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden rushes to prevent lapse, signs FISA extension into law"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fbiden-signs-fisa-extension-into-law-after-race-to-avoid-lapse%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=2226175&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>President Joe Biden signed the Reforming Intelligence and \u200cSecuring America \u200dAct \u200cinto law, extending \u2063Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberal-democrats-support-trumps-plan-to-increase-payments-to-2000\/\" title=\"Liberal Democrats Support Trump\u2019s Plan To Increase Payments To ,000\">bill passed<\/a> in the House \u2062earlier in the month, necessitating\u2062 quick Senate approval before the program&#8217;s impending midnight expiration on Saturday. The law&#8217;s reauthorization for two years garnered bipartisan support, with White House officials expressing gratitude for key leaders&#8217; efforts.  <\/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>President Joe Biden signed a law Saturday to extend Section 702 of the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fisa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act<\/a>, which allows the government to collect intelligence information about foreigners outside the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The bill, known as the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2964090\/house-passes-fisa-renewal-capping-months-of-gop-infighting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>passed the House<\/a> earlier this month, and the Senate had to race to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/2972959\/senate-renews-fisa-spy-powers-midnight-deadline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>pass it<\/a> before midnight Saturday, when the program was set to expire. With Biden\u2019s signature, it has been reauthorized for two years.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-backs-milley-amid-uproar-over-alleged-china-calls\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Backs Milley Amid Uproar Over Alleged China Calls\">statement acknowledging<\/a> the bill becoming law, White House officials thanked Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY),\u00a0House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), \u201cand many others for their leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-times-maggie-haberman-attacks-president-trump-over-white-house-reporters-having-to-work-early-on-christmas-eve\/\" title=\"NY Times\u2019 Maggie Haberman Attacks President Trump Over White House Reporters Having to Work Early on Christmas Eve\">president signed<\/a> the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act, Biden administration officials had warned the lapse in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flashback-former-ag-barr-initiated-spying-program-on-americans-back-in-1992\/\" title=\"FLASHBACK: Former AG Barr Initiated Spying Program on Americans Back in 1992\">surveillance program<\/a> would pose a danger to national security. Jake Sullivan, Biden\u2019s national security adviser, applauded the Senate\u2019s vote to pass the bill Friday night in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2024\/04\/20\/statement-from-national-security-advisor-jake-sullivan-on-the-senates-vote-on-the-reauthorization-and-reform-of-fisa-section-702\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>statement<\/a> early Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act will retain essential authority to understand and protect against a wide range of dangerous threats to Americans while enhancing safeguards for privacy and civil liberties through the most robust set of reforms ever included in legislation to reauthorize Section 702,\u201d Sullivan said.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney General Merrick Garland called FISA Section 702 \u201cindispensable to the Justice Department\u2019s work\u201d to protect against various threats in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/attorney-general-merrick-b-garland-statement-senates-vote-reauthorization-and-reform-foreign\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>statement<\/a> released Saturday by the Department of Justice.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn today\u2019s heightened global threat environment, the Justice Department will continue to use Section 702 to ensure that our efforts to keep our country safe are informed by the most valuable and timely intelligence, as we continue to uphold our commitment to protect the rights of all Americans,\u201d Garland said.<\/p>\n<p>The two-year extension of the program has implications for the 2024 presidential election, as Biden and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump have differing views on it. In contrast with the current administration\u2019s position, the former president had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/2969139\/biden-opposes-fourth-amendment-is-not-for-sale-act-ahead-house-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>urged Congress to \u201ckill FISA\u201d<\/a> because he claimed it was illegally used against him.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden signed the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act on Saturday, extending Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. This extension enables the government to gather intelligence on foreign entities outside the U.S. The bill passed in the House and prompted a swift Senate response to meet the deadline<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2700,"featured_media":2226176,"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\/AP24111593356394-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2226175","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\/AP24111593356394-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2226175","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\/2700"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2226175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2226175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2226176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2226175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2226175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2226175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}