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Warrantless FBI searches of American communications drop 50 percent

Congress reauthorized the warrantless surveillance authority in April.

In the months before Section 702 was set to expire, several members of Congress attempted to rein in the FBI’s ability to conduct warrantless searches of US citizens’ data. Negotiations over the warrant requirement grew so tense in February that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) withdrew the bill from consideration that month. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) introduced separate amendments that would have imposed warrant requirements on searches involving Americans.

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