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Could the reactivation of FISA’s warrantless searches eventually be used to police thought crimes?
American Thinker ^ | 02/16/2024 | Dale Lowdermilk

Posted on 02/16/2024 9:57:41 AM PST by SeekAndFind

The Republican House had unceremoniously sent forward a bill that would reauthorize Section 702, a highly-controversial provision of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), but yesterday, over a little too much negative press, they temporarily shelved the vote. Without congressional intervention, Section 702 is set to expire in a little over two months.

FISA was originally meant to target noncitizens abroad, especially suspected terrorists, but somewhere along the way, the trawl net snared suspicious, non-woke, non-PhD, MAGA-like, presidential candidates who talked about draining the swamp of Washington D.C. and rooting out the corruption plauging the people.

Some federal agencies, and even entrenched bureaucrats, have been known to use (weaponize) their positions of authority to generate little white lies for financial or political reasons. That golden shower (Steele dossier) was an honest mistake, and will never happen again—no malice intended, they just got “flawed” intelligence and were simply trying to ensure “democracy” survived.

Lets just pretend though, with the emerging brain-computer interface (BCI) technology pioneered by Elon Musk’s Neuralink, could warrantless searches for “dangerous thoughts” become a reality? (Musk has already proclaimed that the ultimate goal of NeuraLink is to merge human thought with AI.)

If Neuralink technology continues to move towards the company’s stated goal of merging human minds and AI, could we be opening up a Pandora’s Box of illegal surveillance?

After all the mischief and damage done to President Trump and the American citizenry by the FISA court, why would House Republicans sustain Section 702?

With deep-state bureaucrats writing the rules for future-thought, what could possibly go wrong?

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So, what are you thinking?

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: civilrights; congress; fisa; freespeech; thoughtcrimes; warrantless

1 posted on 02/16/2024 9:57:41 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

“So, what are you thinking?”

I’m thinking I won’t bother voting for my GOP representative and Senators who vote to reauthorize this affront to the Constitution.


2 posted on 02/16/2024 9:59:51 AM PST by MeganC (“Ukrainians aren’t people, they’re cosmic trash” - Anton Krasovsky)
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To: SeekAndFind

“That golden shower (Steele dossier) was an honest mistake, and will never happen again”

Why he put that crap in there? Is he a closet homo? That kind of filth is a hallmark.

And FISA will be renewed in the upcoming budget. It’s not even a question. The police state demands it.


3 posted on 02/16/2024 10:02:33 AM PST by DesertRhino (16 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI)
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To: SeekAndFind

Eventually?


4 posted on 02/16/2024 10:05:00 AM PST by AndyJackson
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To: SeekAndFind

Reactivation? When did it stop?


5 posted on 02/16/2024 10:07:50 AM PST by Husker24 (Pp)
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To: SeekAndFind

Anyone who thinks the feral government in the District of Criminals will let this expire is delusional.


6 posted on 02/16/2024 10:19:54 AM PST by zeugma (Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
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To: SeekAndFind

That will begin, en masse, immediately after the 2024 swindle...


7 posted on 02/16/2024 11:27:43 AM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is the next Sam Adams when we so desperately need him)
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To: SeekAndFind

“Could?” What you’re describing is an intentional feature, not a flaw.


8 posted on 02/16/2024 1:50:07 PM PST by Flatus I. Maximus (VOTE BIDEN 2024! Too senile to stand trial but good enough to run the country!)
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