Section 702 Expires April 20 With No Clear Reauthorization Vehicle

Brookings analysis maps the competing legislative vehicles for Section 702 reauthorization: Cotton's clean 18-month extension, the SAFE Act (warrant requirement for U.S. person queries), and the Government Surveillance Reform Act. The Iran war has complicated the debate -- hawks argue wartime surveillance authority cannot lapse, while reformers note the 200,000+ annual U.S. person queries conducted without warrants.