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Senate renews FISA spy powers after late-night breakthrough
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David Sivak
April 20, 2024 12:44 am
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The Senate reauthorized a controversial FISA spying program on Friday night in the face of days of hardened opposition, casting a flurry of votes in the hours before the law expired.
A bipartisan group of privacy hawks had refused to fast-track the legislation, which renews Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, but they agreed to back down after party leadership offered a handful of votes.
Though each of the proposed amendments addressed perceived shortcomings of the law, none were adopted. The Senate passed the bill, which grants the government fresh authority to spy on foreign persons, in a 60-34 vote shortly after the midnight deadline.
The scramble marks a dramatic finish to a bitter saga that for weeks reignited debate over the proper limits of government surveillance. The holdouts, an unorthodox coalition of conservatives and progressives raising civil liberties concerns, could not stop the legislation but threatened to delay its passage until early next week.
more
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/2972959/senate-renews-fisa-spy-powers-midnight-deadline/
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What breakthrough??? SOSDD
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What breakthrough??? SOSDD
Yep. Totalitarianism continues.
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https://twitter.com/RepThomasMassie/status/1777846102928052228
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Yep. Totalitarianism continues.
There are banana republics more free than we are right now.
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30 Senate Republicans Vote to Expand, Continue Warrantless Surveillance
Sean Moran 20 Apr 2024
Thirty Senate Republicans, on Friday night, voted to continue warrantless surveillance and even expand the FBI’s surveillance authority.
The Senate passed H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act (RISAA), 60-34, with 30 Senate Republicans voting to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).
Section 702 is a surveillance authority that is meant to target foreign adversaries but often surveils Americans without a warrant.
The Senate, on Friday, also blocked many amendments sponsored by privacy-oriented Republicans and Democrats. The amendments sought to rein in Section 702.
The Senate blocked:
An amendment sponsored by Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) that would require adequate disclosure of relevant information in the FISA. The Senate blocked it 40-53.
An amendment sponsored by Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) that would prohibit warrantless access to Americans’ private communications. The Senate rejected it 42-50.
An amendment sponsored by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) to prohibit the FISA from surveilling Americans. It failed, 11-81.
An amendment sponsored by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) to strike the expansion of companies that would have to comply with warrantless surveillance. It failed 34-58.
An amendment sponsored by Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) to strike the prohibition on political appointees being involved in the approval of FBI searches of the FISA database. It failed 17-75.
An amendment sponsored by Paul to add the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act to bar intelligence and law enforcement agencies from obtaining Americans’ private information from third-party data brokers. It failed 31-61.
The 30 Senate Republicans who voted in favor of continuing warrantless surveillance are:
John Barrasso (R-WY)
John Boozman (R-AR)
Katie Britt (R-AL)
Ted Budd (R-NC)
Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
Susan Collins (R-ME)
John Cornyn (R-TX)
Tom Cotton (R-AR)
Mike Crapo (R-ID)
Joni Ernst (R-IA)
Deb Fischer (R-NE)
Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
John Kennedy (R-LA)
James Lankford (R-OK)
Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Jerry Moran (R-KS)
Markwayne Mullin (R-OK)
Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
Pete Ricketts (R-NE)
Jim Risch (R-ID)
Mitt Romney (R-UT)
Mike Rounds (R-SD)
Marco Rubio (R-FL)
Dan Sullivan (R-AK)
John Thune (R-SD)
Thom Tillis (R-NC)
Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Todd Young (R-IN)
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) raised concerns about the FISA bill’s inclusion of the amendment sponsored by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH) and committee ranking member Jim Himes (D-CT).
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) raised concerns about the FISA bill’s inclusion of the amendment sponsored by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH) and committee ranking member Jim Himes (D-CT).
Breitbart News has reported on this amendment and how it could dramatically expand the number of businesses and Americans that would have to comply with the government and provide warrantless access to their communications systems.
more
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/04/20/30-senate-republicans-vote-to-expand-continue-warrantless-surveillance/
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Here Are The 30 GOP Senators Who Voted To Reauthorize Warrantless Spying Tool
HAROLD HUTCHISON
REPORTER
April 20, 2024
Thirty Republican senators voted to reauthorize a contentiously debated warrantless- spying tool on Saturday.
The bill to reauthorize Section 702 passed by a 60-34 vote after six amendments were defeated. Support and opposition crossed party lines, with 17 Democrats and independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont joining 18 Republicans in voting no, while Republican Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio did not cast a vote. Thirty Republicans joined 29 Democrats and independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona in voting to pass the measure, which is headed to President Joe Biden’s desk for his signature. (RELATED: Senate Votes To Reauthorize Warrantless Surveillance Tool Minutes After It Expired)
Here are the thirty Republican Senators who voted for final passage: John Barrasso of Wyoming, John Boozman of Arkansas, Katie Britt of Alabama, Ted Budd of North Carolina, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Susan Collins of Maine, John Cornyn of Texas, Tom Cotton of Arkansas, Mike Crapo of Idaho, Joni Ernst of Iowa, Deb Fischer of Nebraska, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi, John Kennedy of Louisiana, James Lankford of Oklahoma, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Jerry Moran of Kansas, Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Pete Ricketts of Nebraska, Mitt Romney of Utah, Mike Rounds of South Dakota, Marco Rubio of Florida, Dan Sullivan of Alaska, John Thune of South Dakota, Thom Tillis of North Carolina, Roger Wicker of Mississippi and Todd Young of Indiana.
https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/20/0-gop-senators-voted-reauthorize-warrantless-spying-tool/
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Same cast of RINO's with exception of Cotton. That was a shock.
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already posted...
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Katie Britt of Alabama (Trump approved candidate)... We could of have a proven conservative (Mo Brooks). But Noooo, we got the Shelby groomed Rino in disguised (she worked to against Roy Moore and pushed gas taxes in state).
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Marco Rubio strikes again! He is not up for re-election this year.
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Topics merged
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I had to read it three times. Hard to believe RINO Sen. Shelley Moore Capito actually didn't go along with Mittens on this one.
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Elizabeth Goitein
@LizaGoitein
It’s over (for now). A majority of senators caved to the fearmongering and bush league tactics of the administration and surveillance hawks in Congress, and they sold out Americans’ civil liberties. Section 702 has been reauthorized, not just without any meaningful reforms… 1/10
12:54 AM · Apr 20, 2024
Thread: https://twitter.com/LizaGoitein/status/1781546937675657392
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A large part of Noot Gingrich's success in gaining control of the House back in the 90's was due to his call imposing the same rules on Congress that the rest of America lived under. For example, it wasn't until after the House takeover that members of Congress became subject to the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
But now we've gone full circle. Around 60% of GOP Senators voting themselves immunity from the same FISA invasions that the rest of us are subject to. In other words, they know this law is not something they themselves would want to be subject to.
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Same cast of RINO's with exception of Cotton. That was a shock.
And Crapo (ID)
and a couple others.
War hawks. Seeing value of security in intelligence. I can see why. I stand though, well against it.