Trump nominee chaos threatens America's ability to spy on foreign targets overseas (opens in new tab)

Because Democrats oppose the nomination of Bill Pulte as Director of National Intelligence, they are opposing the reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which is making it harder for Trump to conduct basic intelligence missions.“Congressional Republicans are largely leaving it to the administration to figure out a path forward after Trump’s decision to tap Pulte as Tulsi Gabbard’s temporary successor derailed an earlier agreement to extend the key ...