The House seeks to reauthorize a controversial spy program when Congress returns from recess next week.
The House will return from recess, where Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) must figure out how a path to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), a controversial spy program that is meant to surveil foreign adversaries but is often use to spy on American citizens. This run around the Fourth Amendment protections against warrantless searches is often referred to as a backdoor search.
Reports suggest that there will be an all-House briefing on April 10, which will come from the offices of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), CIA, FBI, NSA, and Department of Defense.
Johnson has punted twice on reauthorizing FISA as he has tried to mend divisions between the more reform-minded lawmakers and those who are more sympathetic to the…