A crucial surveillance program that intelligence officials say provides the majority of information in the president’s daily briefings is scheduled to expire this Friday after lawmakers failed to extend its authorization.
According to government officials, over 60 percent of the intelligence included in the president’s daily briefing comes from data gathered through the surveillance authority called FISA Section 702. However, legislative efforts to reauthorize the program have hit roadblocks in Congress.
The House departed Washington, D.C. for a planned recess this week without successfully passing renewal legislation for the intelligence-gathering tool, leaving the program’s future uncertain as the Friday deadline approaches.
