Warrantless wiretaps cut off for a week following US Congress vote (opens in new tab)

Lawmakers have failed to extend a surveillance law that allows US intelligence agencies to monitor targets abroad without a warrant. Congress rejected a vote to extend Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to July 2, which means, for a few days at least, some surveillance will be put on hold, for the first time since the Act was passed in 2008. The next possible chance for a vote will be June 28. This has because they need to be aware of how communication between the US and...