FISA 702 authorization from congress expired June 12, 2026. The world did not end, despite the predictions and proclamations from the DC proletariat and narrative engineers.
However, despite the statutory expiration, the intelligence collection continues under the FISA Court’s annual certifications, which were renewed in March 2026 and remain valid through March 2027. {citation}
The annual certifications allow the government to continue collecting communications from foreign targets and querying the Section 702 database, including incidental U.S. communications, without interruption.
Essentially, the surveillance program operates on a separate “certification clock” that is independent of Congress’s statutory timeline. That’s a remarkable workaround.
In ancillary news, I will be offline most of the day as it is a pre-scheduled travel day. I will catch up later tonight.
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The IC will continue to collect intelligence. The only limitation on them now is how they choose to prosecute violators without divulging how they acquired said evidence. One could also argue that targets of prosecution are in much more danger of falling out of hotel windows as our Russian friends prefer.