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Senate committee holds hearing on controversial surveillance tool set to expire unless Congress reauthorizes

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The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing Wednesday about a controversial surveillance authority set to expire later this year unless Congress moves to reauthorize it.Committee Chair Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, indicated the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Section 702 is a "vital" tool for national security."There is no doubt that section 702 is valuable," ranking member Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said.GRASSLEY PRESSES FBI OVER TRUMP ARCTIC FROST PROBE NAME, CALLS CHANGE ‘ANYTHING BUT RANDOM’But Durbin added that "for years, the government has" utilized "it as a domestic spying tool to collect...

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