FISA Section 702 Faces April 20 Expiration as Carriers Warn They Will Cease Collection

FISA Section 702, the U.S. intelligence community's most powerful foreign surveillance authority, faces expiration on April 20 with no clear path to reauthorization. Communications carriers managing data for the program have privately warned the Trump administration they will cease collecting data when the law lapses, citing liability concerns. Senior national security officials say the authority is critical to thwarting terror attacks and stopping ransomware, but congressional reauthorization has stalled amid competing reform proposals from both parties. The House had planned to bring an 18-month extension to the floor in March but delayed consideration to mid-April.