The U.S. Senate voted on Friday morning, 73-23, in favor of extending the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Amendments Act of 2008 by another 5 years, to December 31, 2017. The new bill, originally introduced in the House by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Tex.) and passed by the House in September, extends the 2008 measure that retroactively approved warrantless surveillance, or “wiretapping” of communication by overseas terror suspects by the National Security Agency (NSA).
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=164658