Via Daily Caller:
The House of Representatives reauthorized the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Thursday, absent a proposed amendment intended to protect civil liberties.
The bill, passed by the House 256-164, extends section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act for six years. The statute entitles intelligence agencies to collect the communications of foreigners abroad without a warrant, even when the individual in question was communicating with an American citizen.
The House rejected the so called “USA Rights” amendment, which, among other things, prohibits intelligence services from using information collected incidentally on Americans absent a warrant. The rejected amendment attracted politically diverse opposition as libertarian conservatives like Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky joined liberal Democrats in attempting to combat perceived government overreach.