Buried in the reauthorization is a huge expansion of the government’s surveillance authority. From Tyler Durden at zerohedge.com:
On Monday, the House finalized procedural business on a bill to reauthorize the nation’s warrantless surveillance powers under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) called “one of the most dramatic and terrifying expansions of government surveillance authority in history.”
“I will do everything in my power to stop it from passing in the Senate,” said Wyden in a Friday post to X.
Wyden is right…
In a Sunday night thread on X from Elizabeth Goitein, co-director of the Liberty and National Security Program at the Brennan Center for Justice, breaks down why this is so ‘terrifying.’
“Buried in the Section 702 reauthorization bill (RISAA) passed by the House on Friday is the biggest expansion of domestic surveillance since the Patriot Act. Senator Wyden calls this power “terrifying,” and he’s right,” the thread begins.
I was about to go incog mode and look up when it goes into effect as das senate is CCP/CPUSA.
You know it’s bad when ex-pat Snowden is warning and that scene will always stick with me where his spook boss says the people don’t want freedom as they are duck hunting.
Sadly the majority want a mommygov plantation to keep them nice and safe from cradle to grave.
Let’s enjoy one of the greatest vessels of freedom in human history, right up there with the Gutenberg press, while we still can.
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