Senate passes short-term extension of overseas spying authority

April 17, 2026
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The Senate gave final passage to a short-term extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, on Friday. The measure is a controversial spy authority that allows U.S. intelligence services to collect communications of non-American citizens outside of the U.S. CBS News’ Nikole Killion reports.

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