And what should they know of the security state who only the security state know? The post The Generation 9/11 Made appeared first on The American Conservative .
Culture Culture The Generation 9/11 Made And what should they know of the security state who only the security state know? I have always said that my life began on September 11, 2001. I was three years old at the time, and I was seated in front of the television in my parent’s basement. At this point, I think both towers had been hit. In any case, the news channel played the second plane’s impact over and over again, until my mother, horrified, turned it off. It is my first memory. The attacks that day changed the shape of American life, but only for those who remember them. For those…Open
FISA Section 702 may expire, but that won’t mean the end of the surveillance state. The post The Deep State May Soon Lose a Key Spy Tool appeared first on The American Conservative .
Politics The Deep State May Soon Lose a Key Spy Tool FISA Section 702 may expire, but that won’t mean the end of the surveillance state. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images) With a 45-day extension set to expire on June 12, establishment factions of Congress are scrambling to secure a clean reauthorization of FISA Section 702—the provision that allows the government to sweep up communications from foreign targets without first getting a warrant. Often, those conversations are between foreign nationals and American citizens, raising constitutional concerns. The 45-day clean extension that passed on April 30 was…Open
We will no longer support more power to the state in the event of the next "failure" on their part. The social contract we never signed is null and void. #WeDoNotComply
