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General Category => National/Breaking News => Topic started by: EdinVA on May 12, 2020, 03:37:47 pm

Title: Rand Paul, citing Flynn case, proposes FISA amendment to curb surveillance of Americans
Post by: EdinVA on May 12, 2020, 03:37:47 pm
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Sen. Rand Paul on Tuesday introduced an amendment to the House-passed Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act  (https://www.foxnews.com/politics/7-takeaways-from-the-fisa-report)to protect Americans’ privacy, citing the case against former national security adviser Michael Flynn as an example of “abuse” and saying it “should never be allowed to happen again.”
Paul, R-Ky., who is an outspoken advocate for privacy reforms, proposed an amendment to the USA FREEDOM Reauthorization Act of 2020 (https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-passes-bipartisan-fisa-reforms-to-prevent-future-spying-abuses) – which passed the House on a bipartisan basis earlier this year – to protect Americans' privacy, ensure due process and “reassert the Fourth Amendment.”

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rand-paul-proposes-amendment-to-prevent-fisa-court (https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rand-paul-proposes-amendment-to-prevent-fisa-court)
Title: Re: Rand Paul, citing Flynn case, proposes FISA amendment to curb surveillance of Americans
Post by: EdinVA on May 12, 2020, 03:38:35 pm
Lying to the FISA court is already illegal so what makes anyone think a new law is going to be followed....
Title: Re: Rand Paul, citing Flynn case, proposes FISA amendment to curb surveillance of Americans
Post by: truth_seeker on May 12, 2020, 03:42:14 pm
Quote from: EdinVA on May 12, 2020, 03:38:35 pm
Lying to the FISA court is already illegal so what makes anyone think a new law is going to be followed....

And why is the court "illegal,?"

Title: Re: Rand Paul, citing Flynn case, proposes FISA amendment to curb surveillance of Americans
Post by: libertybele on May 12, 2020, 03:44:15 pm
Quote from: EdinVA on May 12, 2020, 03:38:35 pm
Lying to the FISA court is already illegal so what makes anyone think a new law is going to be followed....

Good point.  A lot of what has been going on is illegal or unconstitutional or both.  Yet as usual, here we sit.  The DEMS continue to get away with it all.  No one has been indicted.  Many are calling for Barr to step down...the responsibility to start bringing some justice into this country lies on his shoulders.  He's either going to start acting or he'll step down; the heat (or someone) may get to him.  I hope not and I hope he has been provided a security team.