Cell carriers still sharing data on foreign threats despite FISA lapse

The urgency regarding the renewal of the provision of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that permits the United States to collect data on foreign nationals — and inadvertently U.S. citizens without a warrant — appears to have dissipated, in part, because cellphone companies continue to cooperate with the federal government.

“The phone companies collecting the data despite the lapse makes it very difficult long-term to reauthorize FISA, which is very dangerous for national security,” a House Republican with insight into FISA told the Washington Examiner.