Congress is considering changes to the way domestic law enforcement agencies access surveillance data collected by America’s spy agencies. Attorney General Jeff Sessions told lawmakers on Oct. 18 that the administration was “open” to some reform of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act but rejected a proposal made in recent legislation to impose warrant requirements on the FBI when searching information about U.S persons.
Testifying at an Oct. 18 Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Sessions said the authorities granted under Section 702 of the FISA law are vital to the national security interests of the United States.
