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Key surveillance program thrown into doubt over Trump pick for acting DNI
(TNND) — A program that's seen as vital to national security is at risk of going dark at midnight on Friday without an extension from Congress.
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(TNND) — A program that's seen as vital to national security is at risk of going dark at midnight on Friday without an extension from Congress. But President Donald Trump's pick of Bill Pulte to lead the nation's intelligence community on an acting basis has put continuation of the program, Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, in political peril. Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries told reporters this week that he wouldn’t support an extension of 702 authority as long as Pulte remains acting director of national intelligence, or DNI.
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