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Top Republican insists reforms to FBI spy tool that stops foreign terrorists will limit ‘abuse’ including surveillance of American citizens: GOP report dispels ‘myths’ about controversial program as they bid to get it reauthorized
Lawmakers are trying to debunk “myths” about the FBI’s controversial foreign spying tool by advancing a series of reforms to limit abuse before reauthorization — including improper surveillance of Americans. The tool, Section 702 under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), allows U.S. federal intelligence agencies to conduct targeted searches of foreign nationals, which they…