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Forty-five days after Congress punted a fight to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Republican leaders are staring down a new deadline.
FISA Section 702 may expire, but that won’t mean the end of the surveillance state. The post The Deep State May Soon Lose a Key Spy Tool appeared first on The American Conservative .
Politics The Deep State May Soon Lose a Key Spy Tool FISA Section 702 may expire, but that won’t mean the end of the surveillance state. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images) With a 45-day extension set to expire on June 12, establishment factions of Congress are scrambling to secure a clean reauthorization of FISA Section 702—the provision that allows the government to sweep up communications from foreign targets without first getting a warrant. Often, those conversations are between foreign nationals and American citizens, raising constitutional concerns. The 45-day clean extension that passed on April 30 was the result of a full-court press helmed by Democratic hawks like Rep. Jim Himes of Connecticut, who worked alongside GOP…Open
Two senior Republicans urged the Trump administration to prepare for the possible expiration of a contentious intelligence-gathering authority.
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An American citizen has admitted to working as an unregistered agent for China, highlighting Beijing's ongoing efforts to infiltrate U.S. political institutions.
An American citizen has admitted to working as an unregistered agent for China , highlighting Beijing’s ongoing efforts to infiltrate U.S. political institutions. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Thomas Weir Pauken II, an American who lived in China for over a decade, pleaded guilty to acting as an unregistered agent for the Chinese government, working under the pseudonym “Tom McGregor” for state-run propaganda outlets. DETAIL: According to federal prosecutors, Pauken worked under the direction of handlers linked to China’s Ministry of State Security from 2019 through early 2026, gathering intelligence, cultivating potential sources, and reporting information back to Beijing . Authorities said he received at least $100,000 and travel…Open
An American citizen has plead guilty to operating on behalf of Chinese intelligence services inside the United States, admitting to gathering information on American targets […] Source
The intelligence operatives pose as job recruiters from private consultancies, think tanks and human-resource firms seeking candidates for foreign-policy or defense-analyst positions, according to the Five Eyes intelligence-share network.
Lukas, whom Trump called "highly respected," has spent more than 20 years in the intelligence community.
Trump said he likes to take the test whenever someone calls him a moron.
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