CNN: Intel leaders urge Congress to reauthorize NSA surveillance program

CNN: Intel leaders urge Congress to reauthorize NSA surveillance program by David Shortell:

Washington (CNN)–FBI Director Christopher Wray said Friday that members of Congress who are trying to restrict the bureau’s access to information obtained through the monitoring of foreign nationals are jeopardizing national security.

The Section 702 program, first amended to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act in 2008 and reauthorized in 2012, allows intelligence agencies to legally monitor emails and phone calls of foreign nationals outside of the US and is set to expire at the end of the year.