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Leak of Russian ‘Threat’ Part of a Bid to Kill US Surveillance Reform, Sources Say
A surprise disclosure of a national security threat by the House Intelligence chair was part of an effort to block legislation that aimed to limit cops and spies from buying Americans' private data.
Two senior sources on the Hill, working for members with direct knowledge of the events, but who are not affiliated with either of the relevant committees, say that while lawmakers waited on Turner to appear, he was meeting privately with Johnson and threatening to kill the bill he'd already signed off on. A Fox News report published Thursday morning, while accurately noting that it was Turner's threat that forced Johnson to cancel the vote, goes on to cite “sources close to the Intelligence Committee" who offer analysis of the events. Prior to the bill being pulled, Representatives Warren Davison and Zoe Lofgren had issued a relevant joint-statement publicly: “It makes little sense to rein in warrantless surveillance under one authority when the government can simply fall back on other available techniques to acquire similar information," they said.
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