Speaker Mike Johnson Claims Classified Briefing Made Him Flip-Flop on Spy Powers Reform

Breitbart ^ | 04/11/2024 | SEAN MORAN

[ChicagoConservative27]

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Wednesday explained his apparent flip-flop on a controversial surveillance law, saying that he now favors limited reforms after receiving a classified briefing.

Speaker Johnson was asked by reporters why he changed his opinion on reforming Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), a controversial surveillance law that is meant to target foreign adversaries, but often surveils Americans’ communications without a warrant.

Johnson this week came out against a warrant requirement for Section 702 and moved not to allow an amendment that would have barred intelligence and law enforcement agencies from purchasing Americans’ private information through third-party data brokers. This is considered a run around the Fourth Amendment protection against warrantless searches.

[ChicagoConservative27]

Well how about that

[Lurker]

So he fell for their lies, then.

L

[Bullish]

So you’re that easy to con, Mike?

I’m thinking we made a mistake on you. We need a fighter, not another BIG govt wimp.

[Paladin2]

Send him home to “spend more time with his family”.

[Spok]

He must have received a briefing that revealed some abuses of the act. He must have missed the congressional hearings

[ConservativeMind]

Johnson is a player for the other side.

He wants all of your data and phone calls, all the time, vacuumed up and searchable, as with no warrant, it becomes an unlimited stream of private data from us to the US Government.

It’s pretty sick, actually.

[Fledermaus]

He’s not his own man. Can’t think logically.

Another cheek turning fake Christian.

[Gaffer]

That’s because the intel agencies flat out lied to him about the extent and severity of the events necessitating 702’s continuation and the FISA/FISC Star Chamber. LIED!

The only foreigners the FBI and CIA are ‘tracking’ are the ‘terrorists’ coming across our Southern border and that isn’t for fear of terror; it’s for fear of not getting enough illegal voters registered in time for this November.

[jimwatx]

Another RINO. Dump him.

[mass55th]

"Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Wednesday explained his apparent flip-flop on a controversial surveillance law, saying that he now favors limited reforms after receiving a classified briefing."

A classified briefing showing Mikey what the Feds have on him.

[Shady]

Blackmail is such a powerful Junta security tool.

[Fungi]

“after receiving a classified briefing.” From whom?

[Yo-Yo]

The classified briefing included photographs of Speaker Johnson in, shall we say, compromising positions...

[dadfly]

right. can i have Boehner back? what’s the difference?

[Bookshelf]

If it’s so damned scary then how about a briefing for the American public.

[DesertRhino]

How did we ever exist before the patriot act?

[mo]

that “classified bull$%it”is really parful stuff...

[Sequoyah101]

What has mikely done? Blackmail is a terrible thing. If they want you they can get you. Even if they have to make it up.

[DesertRhino]

Yeah, that’s right up there with “if you could only know what we did for you…”.