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Trump upends controversial surveillance fight
The Hill ^ | 02/27/20 | Jordain Carney

Posted on 02/28/2020 7:30:07 AM PST by yesthatjallen

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1 posted on 02/28/2020 7:30:07 AM PST by yesthatjallen
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Great news!


2 posted on 02/28/2020 7:33:46 AM PST by JonPreston
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Throw it all out.

And somebody take Barr’s damned bagpipes away and tell him to convene some frigging Grand Juries already.

Multiple frauds were committed against the FISA court and NO ONE has been held to account.

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3 posted on 02/28/2020 7:36:53 AM PST by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Find a way to cripple or, better yet, eliminate the possibility of Deep State and rogue bureaucratic activity.


4 posted on 02/28/2020 7:39:05 AM PST by RatRipper
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And somebody take Barr’s damned bagpipes away and tell him to convene some frigging Grand Juries already.

What an absolute useless bag-o-s**t he's been.

5 posted on 02/28/2020 7:40:06 AM PST by AAABEST (NY/DC/LA media/political/military industrial complex DELENDA EST)
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FISA in the hands of the left poses more of threat to the future of our country than terrorism.


6 posted on 02/28/2020 7:40:28 AM PST by McCarthysGhost (q)
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To: Lurker

Amen.

Throw it out. We have a federal judiciary.

This is the only real chance Trump has to pay back the entire system that led to impeachment. They all will be out of jobs.

He should VETO any attempt to extend it and tell Republican leaders to let it die on the vine.


7 posted on 02/28/2020 7:40:52 AM PST by TigerClaws
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I don’t know about the other provisions of the surveillance act being renewed. But the FISA Court is proven to be broken and must be repaired or scrapped. How could any politician disagree? When something is broken, fix it or pitch it. Simple!!


8 posted on 02/28/2020 7:41:35 AM PST by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said theoal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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f we don't fix FISA now, it will never be fixed,” said Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.). “This is our opportunity. This is our chance.

Don't fix it, kill it.

9 posted on 02/28/2020 7:44:32 AM PST by SmokingJoe
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FISA warrants are so rarely used in a criminal trial, that it’s a easonable approximation to say they are NEVER used in a criminal prosecution.

Most of the aggressive snooping is done with no warrant at all, or some sort of “blanke authorization.”

FISA reform won’t change the extent of warrantless snooping one bit. All this maneuvering is window dressing.


10 posted on 02/28/2020 7:46:41 AM PST by Cboldt
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McConnell sometimes can be a simple minded jackass but as for Barr, he is looking like he may be part of the swamp. For once Rand Paul is right on and thankfully President Trump is right on that this court needs total rebuilding.
11 posted on 02/28/2020 7:49:37 AM PST by Logical me
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FISA doesn’t need rebuilding. It needs to be burned to the ground. M

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12 posted on 02/28/2020 7:50:39 AM PST by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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> “ ... with Attorney General William Barr and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) backing a “clean” extension.”

Not only no, but HELL NO!

Barr is beginning to rub me the wrong way. I’m starting to think he belongs in the Lindsey Graham bin.


13 posted on 02/28/2020 7:50:49 AM PST by Hostage (Article V)
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What an absolute bag....

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But a tad better than the last one BUT that is like saying a cobra bite is worse than a krait bite or vice versa.

Pretty much ‘screwed’ either way.

Tell XXXX I will have more flexibility after the election.5


14 posted on 02/28/2020 7:51:41 AM PST by xrmusn (6/98"HRC is the Grandmother that lures Hansel & Gretel to the pot")
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Somebody’s pulling Barr’s strings and it sure ain’t Trump.


15 posted on 02/28/2020 7:52:38 AM PST by JZelle
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To: yesthatjallen

I’m with those in Congress who are brave enough, for example Scalise, to get to the crux of the crime, which is:

PEOPLE NEED TO GO TO JAIL OR ELSE FISA NEVER GETS FIXED!


16 posted on 02/28/2020 7:54:16 AM PST by Hostage (Article V)
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To: yesthatjallen

Someone here posited yesterday that the establishment will short-circuit this by tying FISA reauthorization to coronavirus funding. Trump will take a seriously pummeling if he vetoes given the hysteria around that.


17 posted on 02/28/2020 7:54:36 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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There is a logical argument for a “clean” extension and it’s this:

Under Obama thousands of terrorists became naturalized US Citizens. Reform could drop them off the radar.

Personally I’d rather take my chances with terrorists than with the Deep State at this point.


18 posted on 02/28/2020 7:55:59 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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Get rid of the FISA courts. They need a total redesign.
The court was weaponized against the People by Obama. DO NOT RENEW IT.

Let Alan Dershowitz show the way. He is proposing an excellent model.

“We need to reshuffle the entire FISA court,” Dershowitz said. “We need to have a defense attorney in there with security clearance who plays the devil’s advocate, like when the Catholic Church gives somebody sainthood, you need to have somebody arguing the other side. Here, you have to have somebody who has security clearance saying no, no, no. Hold up. This is not verified. This is not good.”

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/alan-dershowitz-fisa-reshuffle-needed-to-stop-fbi-officials-with-a-grudge


19 posted on 02/28/2020 7:56:46 AM PST by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism)http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obam_the_quintessentia_1.html))
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Best way to fix it is prison terms and a few executions for treason


20 posted on 02/28/2020 7:57:23 AM PST by Chauncey Gardiner
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