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Warnings Mount in Congress Over Expanded US Wiretap Powers

ID: 34ff205b-6653-5f73-b34b-8a2a3191acbc

STIX ID: report--34ff205b-6653-5f73-b34b-8a2a3191acbc

Feed Name: WIRED Security

Date Published: 2025-12-11

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Dell Cameron

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Witnesses before the House Judiciary Committee warned that the FBI’s warrantless searches of Americans’ communications under Section 702 risk domestic surveillance and urged Congress to require probable-cause warrants or let the authority lapse; the report cites a court finding that some 'backdoor searches' were unconstitutional and frames the debate amid heightened political concerns over executive power.

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