Section 702 Expires April 20 as Cotton Pushes 18-Month Clean Extension

SSCI Chairman Cotton is advancing an 18-month clean reauthorization of Section 702 with no warrant requirement and no new oversight provisions, backed by President Trump. Section 702 expires April 20, leaving 33 days. CIA Director Ratcliffe testified that 702 collection generates 70% of CIA's counterproliferation work. The administration frames the Iran war as a reason for immediate, unmodified renewal, while reform advocates argue wartime pressure is exactly when oversight matters most.