Posted on 03/02/2024 6:35:59 AM PST by Salman
The Biden Administration has asked a court, rather than Congress, to renew controversial warrantless surveillance powers used by American intelligence and due to expire within weeks. It's a move that is either business as usual or an end-run around spying reforms, depending on who in Washington you believe.
Both may be true.
US Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) railed at the US Department of Justice's decision to seek a year-long extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which is set to end in mid-April unless Congress reauthorizes it.
"A broad bipartisan, bicameral coalition agrees that FISA Section 702 should be reauthorized with reforms to protect the rights of Americans," Wyden said in a statement. "Yet rather than seriously engage with congressional reformers, the administration has decided to short-circuit the legislative process and ask the FISA Court for an extra year of surveillance without any reforms at all."
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The use of executive orders and court cases is a perversion of the American Form of Government. Hopefully this will change, but I’m not really optimistic about that.
Waiting for the for the staged attack if there are significant changes made. They need to keep this going if they want to control the people.
It’s the Israeli model.
The judges run everything. The Knesset doesn’t matter, it’s a debating society.
Garfinkel is just operating the way he understands the world.
Warrantless spy powers need to be used on them first bet it would change.
Corrupt Democracy in action.
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This word keeps popping up ever since obiden selected kamala as vp- just a coincidence? I thinks not.
Somehow I just can't believe The Founding Fathers would EVER approve of a "secret court" and proceedings like FISA.
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