Thune pushes 45-day extension of FISA surveillance authority to avoid blackout

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) has proposed a 45-day extension of the nation’s surveillance authorities under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to avoid the possibility that those powers expire at the end of the day, Thursday. Thune is moving a short-term extension of the warrantless spy powers under Section 702 after telling reporters…