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Trump Is Hiding Vital Info on Surveillance Abuses According to Top Dems

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Trump Is Hiding Vital Info on Surveillance Abuses According to Top Dems

President Donald Trump’s administration hasn’t released a secretive court opinion on warrantless surveillance that was supposed to be made public last month, according to two Democratic senators. The opinion “details serious abuses of Americans’ rights under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA),” according to the senators.

Section 702 allows the collection of communications from foreign sources without a warrant but is criticized for sweeping up a ton of communications from Americans in the process.

Sen. Ron Wyden from Oregon and Sen. Adam Schiff from California released a letter Monday addressed to the Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton and Attorney General Todd Blanche calling for the release of the court opinion, which was created in March. By law, a declassified version should have been released in 180 days on Sept. 13, something the Trump Administration hasn’t yet done.

At the heart of the issue, as far as Wyden and Schiff is concerned, is whether Section 702 should be extended. Congress held a vote in June to reauthorize Section 702 but it failed 218-198, with 19 Republicans joining many Democrats to vote against it. Despite the fact that Congress didn’t reauthorize it, the administration has been allowed to use it until March 2027.

According to the letter: “This is because the March 17, 2026 FISC opinion that detailed abuses of the program also permitted the administration to continue this surveillance for another year.



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