Three U.S. spy programs aimed at stopping terrorists expired early Monday amid a standoff among Senate Republicans over legislation to renew them.
For the first time since soon after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, intelligence and law enforcement agencies can't initiate the use of these tools to monitor communications of suspected terrorists or seize records for counterterrorism investigations.
Senators late Sunday advanced a House bill that would extend the three provisions while curbing spy programs exposed two years by fugitive former U.S. contractor Edward Snowden.
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