What a U.S. Spy Law’s Expiration Means for Gathering Intelligence Abroad

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A surveillance law that allows U.S. intelligence agencie s to collect the communications of foreign targets abroad without a warrant is set to expire at midnight on Friday, prompting warnings from current and former officials that a lapse could endanger national security. The immediate effect of allowing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to expire would be limited. That’s because a judge on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court renewed the government’s