Could the U.S. be attacked this weekend? Critical 'spy tool' that stops terrorists will run out at MIDNIGHT as privacy-minded senators demand more safeguards against FBI's 'power grab'

A key intelligence tool used to surveil terrorists is set to expire after a Saturday midnight deadline. The Senate looks poised to blow through the April 19 deadline to pass legislation to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Authority, and now 'America will go blind,' according to Intelligence Chairman Mike Turner. 'We will go blind on April 20,' Intelligence Chairman Mike Turner told reporters last week, stressing the urgency of the national security surveillance tool. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., the majority whip, and Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., are trying to force a vote on an amendment that would require an amendment to pick up any communications that involve Americans The Senate looks poised to blow through the April 19 deadline to pass legislation to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Authority, and now 'America will go blind,' according to Intelligence Chairman Mike Turner Sens. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence released a May 2023 report that details how the FBI improperly used Section 702 to 'query' - or search - names of individuals who were suspected of being on the Capitol grounds during the January 6, 2021 riot, Black Lives Matters protestors, victims of crime and their families and donors to one congressional campaign.