Thune urges passage of FISA extension before deadline amidst Pulte uproar

Summary

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said conversations are taking place over President Trump’s appointment of Bill Pulte as acting national intelligence director as the GOP leader seeks to rally senators to extend a key spy powers law, Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, by the end of the week. “All I know…