08-03-2017 01:04 via theguardian.com

Trump v US intelligence: growing feud puts NSA's legislative priority at risk

Reauthorization of measure permitting sweeping surveillance in danger as intelligence community has been blamed for leaks about Trump and RussiaThe escalating feud between Donald Trump and US intelligence is now putting the top 2017 legislative priority of the intelligence agencies at risk.At the end of the year, a broad legal authority permitting sweeping surveillance is set to expire. The National Security Agency considers the authority, known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveil
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