[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-section-702-lapses-but-us-spy-nets-stay-online":10,"sections":36},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":24,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":25,"tags":26,"sources":31,"feedback":35,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":35,"total_tokens":35},724,"section-702-lapses-but-us-spy-nets-stay-online","Congress Lets Section 702 Wiretap Authority Expire","The House voted 218-198 against a short FISA extension, letting the warrantless surveillance program lapse while Congress debates what warrant rules to attach.","Congress let the warrantless wiretapping authority at the center of the FISA debate lapse this week, at least temporarily.\n\nThe House voted 218-198 against a three-week extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which would have kept the program alive through July 2nd. A prior short-term extension had already pushed the deadline this far. Section 702 allows intelligence agencies to surveil foreign targets' communications without individual warrants, sweeping up Americans' messages in the process. The program is now expected to go dark for at least a week while Congress decides what to do next.\n\nThe familiar argument from 702 proponents that any lapse will expose the country to terrorist attacks is worth scrutinizing. The US surveillance apparatus is not a single program. It runs on layered authorities, existing court orders, and infrastructure that does not vanish at midnight. A short lapse means no new collection under 702, but agencies do not simply lose years of built-up visibility overnight.\n\nSection 702 has survived this same reauthorization fight before, each time resolved with another extension. The 218-198 vote suggests the clean-extension-or-catastrophe framing has lost some of its grip on the House. Whether this lapse lasts a week or longer may depend less on security stakes than on what warrant requirements enough members are willing to accept.","[\"fisa\",\"surveillance\",\"congress\",\"privacy\"]","2026-06-11T16:03:38.000Z","2026-06-11T16:54:14.311Z","2026-06-18T10:55:38.255Z","published",null,[],"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.xyz.onl\u002Farticle-images\u002Fsection-702-lapses-but-us-spy-nets-stay-online.webp","policy",[27,28,29,30],"fisa","surveillance","congress","privacy",[32],{"name":33,"url":34},"The Verge","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theverge.com\u002Ftech\u002F948451\u002Ffisa-702-reauthorization-vote-fails-congress-wiretapping-lapse",0,{"sections":37},[38,43,48,53,57,62,67,72,77,82,87,92,97,102],{"name":39,"slug":40,"count":41,"latest_published_at":42},"AI","ai",2602,"2026-07-18T18:30:00.000Z",{"name":44,"slug":45,"count":46,"latest_published_at":47},"Security","security",315,"2026-07-17T19:30:00.000Z",{"name":49,"slug":50,"count":51,"latest_published_at":52},"Deals","deals",179,"2026-06-29T20:02:07.000Z",{"name":54,"slug":25,"count":55,"latest_published_at":56},"Policy",169,"2026-07-17T19:49:53.000Z",{"name":58,"slug":59,"count":60,"latest_published_at":61},"Hardware","hardware",126,"2026-07-16T20:09:48.000Z",{"name":63,"slug":64,"count":65,"latest_published_at":66},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",94,"2026-07-16T16:29:46.000Z",{"name":68,"slug":69,"count":70,"latest_published_at":71},"Software","software",72,"2026-07-17T09:42:05.000Z",{"name":73,"slug":74,"count":75,"latest_published_at":76},"Science","science",66,"2026-07-10T10:29:37.000Z",{"name":78,"slug":79,"count":80,"latest_published_at":81},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",60,"2026-07-16T16:59:13.000Z",{"name":83,"slug":84,"count":85,"latest_published_at":86},"Startups","startups",42,"2026-07-16T16:30:35.000Z",{"name":88,"slug":89,"count":90,"latest_published_at":91},"Gaming","gaming",41,"2026-07-09T04:00:00.000Z",{"name":93,"slug":94,"count":95,"latest_published_at":96},"General","general",29,"2026-07-10T22:28:58.000Z",{"name":98,"slug":99,"count":100,"latest_published_at":101},"Reviews","reviews",20,"2026-06-24T12:00:01.000Z",{"name":103,"slug":104,"count":105,"latest_published_at":106},"How-To","how-to",6,"2026-06-16T09:00:00.000Z"]