Chad Pergram is the Chief Congressional Correspondent for Fox News. He's won an Edward R. Murrow Award & is a two-time recipient of the Joan Barone Award.

Joined September 2008
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Legal authority for the nation’s top spy program expires overnight. But why that might not increase the risk of terrorism. Even amid the war in Iran and the World Cup. My report. foxnews.com/video/6398275935…
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide To Why Intelligence Officials Believe The U.S. Is At Risk To Terrorism Beginning Saturday Congress left town for the weekend after failing to pass a reauthorization of FISA Section 702. The program is considered to be the premier intelligence gathering tool in the intelligence community’s arsenal. Authorization lapses at 12:00:01 am et Saturday. This comes as the World Cup is underway. The nation is about to celebrate its 250th anniversary and the conflict with Iran continues. Both bodies failed to pass extensions of FISA yesterday after the President decided to temporarily install Bill Pulte as Director of National Intelligence. His nomination of Jay Clayton to be DNI just as senators fled from the chamber for the weekend. His confirmation hearing is next Wednesday. But here’s the rub: Congressional authorization for Section 702 lapses. But the special court overseeing FISA says it can continue probes through March of next year. In other words, the program doesn’t fully go dark. At least on paper. Reality may be something altogether different. The program hinges on telecommunications firms providing the intelligence communtiy universal information about every single phone call, email and text message exchange. This is EVERYTHING. They don’t the content of the messages. Just who is talking to who. And there’s the problem. Some Constitutional scholars see this as warrantless surveillance, violating the Fourth Amendment. The telecommunications firms will willing to provide the data - if they had a blessing from Congress. But no legal extension of the program by lawmakers puts the telecoms on thin ice. It’s believed that some companies might refuse to provide data. And if the intelligence services don’t have the data, they can’t track what they need during this very vulnerable period.
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Congressional authorization of the nation's premier intelligence gathering program is lapsing after the House blocked a bill today. Democrats and some Republicans are infuriated about the installation of Bill Pulte as DNI. There are risks of terrorism amid the war in Iran and the start of the World Cup.

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Jeffries: “The last thing we need right now is for Donald Trump to put boots on the ground in Iran”
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Johnson on most Dems voting against FISA reauthorization: “When the bill went down, they applauded... that video is going to live in infamy. I pray that we do not have a serious calamity on our shores over the next few weeks"
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Jeffries says the Knicks comeback last night began “when the Wu-Tang Clan performed at halftime.”
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House fails to pass interim FISA Section. The vote was 198 yeas to 218 nays. But this needed a 2/3 majority and the Houde couldn't even get a simple majority. With 416 members voting, this needed 273 yeas.
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House now voting on short-term FISA Section 702 extension. Needs 2/3
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FISA Spy Program Faces Lapse Amid World Cup, Iran War and America 250 A House vote today could determine whether the U.S. faces a potential increased risk for terrorism this summer. The World Cup begins today. The conflict in Iran intensified in recent days. And the country is celebrating its 250th birthday with a host of events. But the intelligence community worries that those events could be vulnerable to a terrorist attack if a key intelligence program loses Congressional authorization Saturday morning. The House votes today on a short-term extension of FISA Section 702. Bipartisan lawmakers painstakingly cultivated a compromise to pass the bill this spring after multiple extensions. But President Trump’s interim installation or Bill Pulte as Acting DNI blew up Democratic support for the bill. Republicans can’t extend the program on their own. Republicans are willing to dare Democrat to oppose the interim bill today. And if there’s a terrorist attack, they will place fault at the feet of Democrats.  Especially in this fall’s midterm elections.
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The GOP winning streak continues. Republicans win their 6th a row in the Congressional Baseball Game, topping the Democrats, 11-2. My wrap up with Kevin Corke. foxnews.com/video/6398140889…
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Senate Judiciary Committee business meeting today on bill to televise SCOTUS proceedings
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Senate hearing today on AI
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House to vote on effort to extend FISA Secrion 702 today. It expires early Saturday morning
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Tonight’s lineups for tonight’s Congressional Baseball Game
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Tune in on FS1 at 7 pm et as Kevin Corke and I call the Congressional Baseball Game. And a rainbow at Nats Park!
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