{"id":53025,"date":"2023-12-13T11:25:49","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T16:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=53025"},"modified":"2023-12-13T11:25:49","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T16:25:49","slug":"more-shenanigans-on-the-fisa-renewal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=53025","title":{"rendered":"More Shenanigans On The FISA Renewal"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Monday, The Washington Examiner<\/a> reported the following:<\/p>\n

N<\/span>either of the\u00a0two bills<\/a>\u00a0to reauthorize and reform a powerful spy tool used by American intelligence agencies will be voted on this week after the\u00a0Rules Committee<\/a>\u00a0pulled the legislation amid intense backlash.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), who sits on the Rules Committee, confirmed to the\u00a0Washington Examiner\u00a0<\/i>that neither the House\u00a0Judiciary<\/a>\u00a0Committee nor\u00a0Intelligence<\/a>\u00a0Committee bills to reauthorize and reform Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act would be voted on this week.<\/strong><\/p>\n

…Now, with the bills being punted until next year, it theoretically gives committees the time to work out the differences. The House is also expected to vote on the National Defense Authorization Act on Thursday, which includes a short-term extension of FISA until April 19, 2024, something certain members also oppose.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m really disappointed that we’re talking about a four-month extension in the authorities of FISA,\u201d said Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ), who helped author the Judiciary Committee bill. \u201cSo we should be laboring through to get this thing done, in my opinion.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Under Section 702 of FISA, the federal government can surveil foreigners without a warrant for national security purposes. The collected information becomes part of a vast database of foreign intelligence that incidentally includes information about U.S. citizens who may have been communicating with people overseas.<\/strong><\/p>\n

There have been documented abuses of FISA. Because of this, most members want reforms but disagree on what those reforms should be.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I personally think that we have seen enough abuses and misuses of FISA to want it to go away. Obviously Washington politicians and bureaucrats do not have the maturity to use it wisely.<\/p>\n

On Monday, The Conservative Treehouse<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n

For those confused. There are two bills to modify the FISA702 reauthorization in the House.\u00a0 (1)\u00a0HR 6611<\/a>\u00a0from the House Intel Committee and (2)\u00a0HR 6570<\/a>\u00a0from the House Judiciary Committee.\u00a0 The intel committee bill expands domestic surveillance authority under the modifications; the judiciary committee bill requires the DOJ to get a search warrant before they can look at the incidental collection of American citizens.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Both bills came out of committee and were scheduled for a floor vote tomorrow,\u00a0which has been cancelled due to public outcry<\/a>\u00a0(good job).\u00a0 Speaker Mike Johnson initially planned to let both bills get voted tomorrow and the bill with the most votes advances to the Senate.\u00a0\u00a0\"?\"That\u2019s a hot mess.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The House Intel Committee bill organized by Chairman Mike Turner is absolutely horrible. It expands FISA702 surveillance and\u00a0makes things much worse<\/a>.\u00a0 The House Judiciary Bill organized by Chairman Jim Jordan is not structurally that much better, but it does put strong curtailments on the 702 surveillance authority by forcing the DOJ to get actual court approved search warrants on American citizens.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It should not come as a surprise to see a panel of 46 experts in Deep State weaponization come out in support of the Intelligence Committee bill, and then decry the insufferable 702 limitations put into place in the Judiciary Committee bill.\u00a0 \u00a0The bad guys want the House Intel version.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As I stated, it’s time for FISA to go away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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