Johnson bucks GOP privacy hawks in closed lawmaker meeting on spy tool renewal
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Multiple people told Fox News Digital that Speaker Mike Johnson advised against supporting a Section 702 amendment that would force warrant requirements on surveillance that involves a U.S. citizen.
Johnson told GOP lawmakers that while he understood the House Judiciary Committee’s arguments on the amendment, its language on exceptions to the warrant requirement may be "too narrow and would be difficult to apply," one of the sources said. Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.
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The amendment, led by Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., would ban intelligence officials from querying information about U.S. citizens collected through Section 702 without first getting a warrant, save for emergency situations with an imminent threat of death or bodily harm.