US to ask court to renew domestic surveillance program before April expiration

The Biden administration will ask a court to reauthorize a domestic surveillance program before it expires in April, a U.S. Justice Department official said on Wednesday. The surveillance program, known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, allows law enforcement to trawl through intercepts of Americans' communications without a warrant. The Biden administration will file in March with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to renew the program before its April 12 expiration, Assistant Attorney General Matthew Olsen said in a statement.