Jeffries says he’s ‘deeply skeptical’ of FISA extension without new privacy protections

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) suggested on Thursday that he’s ready to oppose an extension of the government’s warrantless surveillance powers unless it contains new privacy guardrails.  Jeffries stopped short of saying he’ll oppose a clean extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which GOP leaders in Congress and the…