Congress Scrambles on FISA as Pulte Pick Sparks Revolt

One week ago, Congress was sailing toward relatively easy passage of a bill to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which authorizes intelligence agencies to spy on non-U.S. electronic communications without a warrant. Then President Donald Trump announced he would install director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency Bill Pulte as the part-time acting director of national intelligence.