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Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said Sunday the lapse of a key surveillance tool that enables the government to collect foreign intelligence has made it more difficult to keep Americans safe ahead of several high-profile events, including the World Cup and America\u2019s 250th celebrations.<\/p>\n

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The spy authority, known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, lapsed at 12 a.m. Sunday after Democrats refused to extend it in opposition to President Trump\u2019s pick to oversee the nation\u2019s intelligence agency.<\/p>\n

Mr. Mullin said Section 702 has expired at a time when America\u2019s threat level is \u201cthe highest it\u2019s ever been,\u201d putting the nation at risk.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s ways we can get to what we need to do, but it makes it significantly more difficult,\u201d Mr. Mullin told \u201cFox News Sunday.\u201d \u201cWe can cut through a lot of the bureaucracy with 702 and go after the terrorists that are trying to attack us every single day. It\u2019s not impossible; it\u2019s just, instead of something that we can get done in maybe hours, this may take days.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Mulin added that Homeland Security is still getting back up to speed after Democrats defunded it in protest of the Trump administration\u2019s aggressive immigration crackdown. President Trump later restored the funding in April, ending the longest agency shutdown in U.S. history.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have Freedom 250 with all the activity that\u2019s going on, tremendous amount of local partnership that has to take place and not all have the resources,\u201d Mr. Mullin said. \u201cSo what the Democrats did by defunding us was to make the burden on local law enforcement to start carrying that load.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNow we\u2019re able to refund them and we\u2019re trying to get the money out as fast as possible, but it did make it significantly more difficult,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n

Democrats have opposed extending Section 702 since Mr. Trump announced that he selected Bill Pulte, the head of the Federal Housing and Finance Agency, to temporarily serve as director of national intelligence. In addition to his lack of national security experience, Democrats contend that the nominee targeted some of Mr. Trump\u2019s political foes on allegations of mortgage fraud.<\/p>\n

Mr. Trump on Friday announced that he would nominate Jay Clayton, the U.S. attorney for Manhattan, for the position, backing away from Mr. Pulte. However, Mr. Pulte is still slated to serve as acting director on June 19 until Mr. Clayton can be confirmed. However, Democrats said they don\u2019t want to give Mr. Pulte any access to 702. \u00a0<\/p>\n

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Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island, the highest-ranking Democrat of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said Mr. Clayton may face some difficulty winning approval.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to look very clearly at Jay Clayton. He\u2019s a very accomplished lawyer but the statute requires someone taking this job to have significant national security experience,\u201d Mr. Reed told \u201cFox News Sunday.\u201d \u201cI don\u2019t think he does.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is a very sophisticated securities lawyer, business lawyer; he\u2019s in the Southern District of New York, which is a very challenging post, but it\u2019s not all about national security,\u201d Mr. Reed continued. \u201cIn fact, I think it\u2019s a lot more about securities laws, mergers, acquisitions, criminal laws etc. We\u2019re looking for someone who can step in as they have done in the past and have an immediate sense of the situation overseas, understanding the different cultures of these intelligence agencies and that\u2019s not the case here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Section 702, which was authorized in 2008, allows the government to monitor the electronic communications of foreigners abroad without a warrant. Lawmakers have said about 60% of the president\u2019s daily intelligence briefing is derived from information collected under the law and it is considered a tool critically important to national security.<\/p>\n

However, civil liberties groups have warned for years that Americans\u2019 data have been incidentally swept up in that collection. Some Republicans have demanded reforms to the statute.<\/p>\n

Mr. Trump said Thursday he is considering drafting an executive order restoring Section 702\u2019s powers, but a White House official told The Washington Times such an order would leave gaps because it wouldn\u2019t have the power to compel telecommunications companies to turn over data.<\/p>\n

An executive order can\u2019t compel private companies to cooperate with law enforcement like a federal statute such as Section 702 and could result in telecom companies suing to avoid any liability for sharing information.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn executive order cannot address the intelligence gaps that a lapse would potentially create and cannot grant the government authority to issue new certifications,\u201d the official said.<\/p>\n

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