{"id":51280,"date":"2023-07-23T16:58:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-23T20:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=51280"},"modified":"2023-07-23T16:58:02","modified_gmt":"2023-07-23T20:58:02","slug":"its-time-to-let-fisa-die-it-is-being-misused","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=51280","title":{"rendered":"It’s Time To Let FISA Die–It Is Being Misused"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Friday, Just the News<\/a> posted an article about the misuse of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) to spy on Americans.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

The FBI improperly used a controversial surveillance tool on a United States senator, as well as multiple state officials, court documents released Friday have revealed.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The\u00a0American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) secured an opinion from the\u00a0Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) determined that the bureau made improper use of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act’s Section 702, a tool allowing for the warrantless surveillance of foreigners abroad.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The FISC opinion, according to The Hill<\/a>, states that “[i]n June 2022, an analyst conducted four queries of Section 702 information using the last names of a U.S. Senator and a state senator, without further limitation.” The FISC opinion does not name the individuals in question.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It further stated that in October 2022, “a Staff Operations Specialist ran a query using the Social Security number of a state judge who \u201chad complained to [the] FBI about alleged civil right violations perpetrated by a municipal chief of police.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Section 702 of the Act was adopted<\/a> in 2008 and grants the Intelligence Community considerable powers to surveil foreign actors, though critics have contended that the tool has enabled improper surveillance of Americans.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article notes:<\/p>\n

“The FBI continues to break the rules put in place to protect Americans, running illegal searches on public officials including a U.S. senator, and it\u2019s long past time for Congress to step in,” he continued. “As Congress debates reauthorizing Section 702, these opinions make clear why fundamental reforms are urgently needed.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article concludes:<\/p>\n

Section 702 is set to expire at the end of the year and Intelligence Community leaders have urged Congress to renew it, though the revelations of misuse have led some lawmakers to adopt a hostile stance on such an action.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz in July introduced a resolution to support allowing the measure to expire on time.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“The persistent abuse of\u00a0Section\u00a0702 of FISA underscores the disturbing trend of our federal government being weaponized against its people. The blatant misuse of warrantless surveillance powers targeting Americans\u2019 communications should not be accepted or reauthorized. We must uphold national security without sacrificing the constitutional rights of our fellow Americans,” he said<\/a> at the time.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I agree.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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