Trump backs short-term spy powers extension amid fight with Senate GOP over Pulte

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President Trump asked Congress for a short-term extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), an effort to give time to nominate and confirm a permanent director of national intelligence amid threats from Democrats to not renew the act if Bill Pulte remains acting director of the agency. In a TruthSocial post…