The House GOP Caucus descended into recriminations and near civil war Monday (must be a day ending in “y”) as Speaker Mike Johnson was forced to abandon his strategy for renewing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (House Republicans Reject Speaker Johnson’s ‘Queen of the Hill’ Plan for Surveillance Reforms). This places the bill’s fate in limbo as it is due to expire on December 31. The sad thing is there is no reason for the GOP to have fought each other over this issue.
Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) is a provision that authorizes the collection of foreign intelligence information from non-U.S. persons outside the United States to acquire foreign intelligence information.
Under Section 702, various intelligence agencies, particularly the National Security Agency (NSA), are allowed to collect communications such as emails and…
