House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan on Tuesday indicated that talks over prospective reforms to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) were facing ongoing disagreements about the inclusion of a warrant requirement.
The House Intelligence and Judiciary Committees last year introduced competing proposals last year to reform FISA’s section 702, which allows for the warrantless surveillance of foreigners abroad. The Judiciary panel had sought to include a warrant requirement, whereas the Intelligence panel’s version pursued more modest reforms. House leadership ultimately pulled both proposals and the reform debate is ongoing.
Jordan remained bullish on the prospect of finalizing a reform bill this year, saying on the “Just the News, No Noise” television show that “[w]e’ll get some reform, I think,” though he remained skeptical that the final product would meet with his own approval.
“[T]he key is, will we get the big reform, which is the warrant requirement, which is what we’ve […]
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