Three Competing FISA 702 Vehicles With 31 Days to Expiration and No Clear Path Forward

Section 702 expires April 20 with three competing legislative vehicles: Cotton's 18-month clean extension backed by the White House, the bipartisan SAFE Act (Lee-Durbin) with warrant requirements, and the Wyden-Lee GSRA with broader surveillance reform. The Iran war creates political pressure for extension but also raises the stakes on warrantless surveillance given Patel's data broker testimony. No bill has the votes to pass both chambers, and reconciliation between reformers and hawks shows no path.