WashingtonA secret US surveillance ruling missed its 180-day release deadline.

Intelligence officials press lawmakers to reauthorize Section 702 by year-end without the ruling.

Section 702 lets agents search intercepted foreign-target data for Americans’ messages without a warrant.

Asked in July to commit to the deadline, Attorney General Todd Blanche wrote, “Yes.”

Senators Ron Wyden and Adam Schiff demand an explanation and names by 6 November.

How each outlet framed it
Ars Technica leans critical
reconstructs the FISA court's objection to warrantless search filters and the missed 180-day release window ending September 13

Sources: Ars Technica