DAILYCALLER (Nicole Silverio) - The First Congress Enshrined Warrants Into Law — But This Congress Continues To Push Warrantless Spying Tool
The Founders condemned warrantless searches
The Founders condemned warrantless searches
On Thursday’s “American Agenda,” former FBI supervisory special agent Ren McEachern discussed the impact of the House blocking the short-term extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
'Come back with warrant requirement, and we’ll pass the bill'
'If they can spy on a member of Congress, they can spy on you.'
The House on Wednesday approved legislation to extend a key foreign intelligence surveillance authority, despite internal divisions and privacy concerns to pass the measure with […] Source
New deadline. Same problems. Lawmakers last week punted the battle to renew the nation’s spy powers for 10 days, extending not only the deadline to renew Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), but also the difficult discussions over how to reform it. The program allows the government to spy on foreigners located abroad, but privacy hawks want to require a warrant before authorities can review any information collected on Americans speaking with those being surveilled. #FISA #SpyPowers #Congress #CIA
Earlier in the morning GOP leaders had pushed for either a five-year renewal or the 18-month renewal President Trump had demanded, but both votes tanked.
Congress now has just four days at most to renew the expiring Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
'We must reform FISA.'
A recent classified court ruling on the bulk data collection of Section 702 raised concerns about the government’s use of the intelligence tool on Americans.