National Security

Trump sends ‘high-powered team’ to lobby Congress on surveillance program

By Joel Gehrke
Published October 4, 2017 6:31pm ET
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Trump sends ‘high-powered team’ to lobby Congress on surveillance program
Their focus: a pitch to extend some of the overseas surveillance programs revealed by NSA leaker Edward Snowden. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) | Evan Vucci

President Trump’s top law enforcement and national security officials were lobbying House lawmakers on Wednesday to extend the legal authority for an expiring surveillance program.

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