“I would be willing to consider it … but I would have to know specifically” what kinds of authorities the intelligence community would need, Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) said Tuesday.

Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) also said he would back efforts to allow the CIA and other U.S. intelligence agencies to track potential lone wolf suspects on American soil.

But those abilities would have to be “consistent with some pretty clear law about the role of [intelligence] in domestic situations.”

Such a move could put the intelligence community at odds with the FBI and Justice Department, which have jurisdiction over domestic terrorism threats.