A Top Democrat Is Urging Colleagues to Support Trump’s Spy Machine | WIRED

archive.today webpage capture Saved from no other snapshots from this url 20 Mar 2026 20:56:10 UTC All snapshots from host www.wired.com WebpageScreenshot sharedownload .zipreport bug or abuseBuy me a coffee Skip to main content NEWSLETTERS DELL CAMERON SECURITY MAR 20, 2026 4:46 PM A Top Democrat Is Urging Colleagues to Support Trump’s Spy Machine Congressman Jim Himes claims a sweeping surveillance authority should stay intact because he hasn't seen abuses by Kash Patel's FBI, according to internal messaging obtained by WIRED. PHOTOGRAPH: DANIEL HEUER/GETTY IMAGES UNITED STATES CONGRESSMAN Jim Himes, the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, is privately lobbying colleagues to preserve the FBI’s power to conduct warrantless searches of Americans’ communications, WIRED has learned, arguing that he has seen no evidence that the Trump administration is abusing its authority. In a letter obtained by WIRED, Himes urges fellow Democrats to support the White House’s req

archive.today webpage capture Saved from no other snapshots from this url 20 Mar 2026 20:56:10 UTC All snapshots from host www.wired.com WebpageScreenshot sharedownload .zipreport bug or abuseBuy me a coffee Skip to main content NEWSLETTERS DELL CAMERON SECURITY MAR 20, 2026 4:46 PM A Top Democrat Is Urging Colleagues to Support Trump’s Spy Machine Congressman Jim Himes claims a sweeping surveillance authority should stay intact because he hasn't seen abuses by Kash Patel's FBI, according to internal messaging obtained by WIRED. PHOTOGRAPH: DANIEL HEUER/GETTY IMAGES UNITED STATES CONGRESSMAN J