[The Sons of Liberty]

9,400 to Zero: For SIX YEARS, FISA Spy Court Denied No Electronic Surveillance Applications

I understand the need for secrecy, but somehow I think the Founders would be appalled at a secret court whose proceedings are secret, especially when it appears to be nothing more than a rubber stamp for the government.

[drewh]

I think a full pardon is in order...deep state is off the rails

[Cboldt]

Before FISA, there was ZERO warrant "required" for the president to snoop for foreign intelligence information. As a sop to the public, Congress passed FISA in the wake of the "Keith" case. There is good argument that FISA is itself an unconstitutional impediment to the president's powers.

Bush's NSA spying on Americans (remember that?) was supposedly run outside of FISA, but eventually obtained the FISA Court's stamp of approval.

United States v. United States District Court, 407 U.S. 297 (1972) [the "Keith" case]