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John Cornyn celebrates passing of NDAA
Twitter/X ^ | Dec 13 | Sen. John Cornyn

Posted on 12/13/2023 5:27:22 PM PST by RandFan

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To: RandFan

Has he shut down his comment section or Twitter yet?


21 posted on 12/13/2023 7:52:53 PM PST by qaz123
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To: Sacajaweau

That ain’t the point.

They were using it to spy on whoever they wanted without warrants.

No one argued about what they were doing to foreigners or suspects. It was the warrantless searches for American citizens.


22 posted on 12/13/2023 7:54:33 PM PST by qaz123
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To: TokarevM57

Someone elects him. And it isn’t people from Illinois.


23 posted on 12/13/2023 7:55:35 PM PST by qaz123
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To: DesertRhino

That better happen before liberals take over enough of the big cities that they’ll overwhelm elections like they do in places like NY, Cali, Illinois, Wisconsin and damn near every Blue State.


24 posted on 12/13/2023 7:57:30 PM PST by qaz123
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To: Dave W

You make a great point.

One of the House versions, Jordan’s, just requires a warrant for Americans information. That’s it. And it would establish a panel that would have oversight of what they’re doing.

Do folks remember when they were calling out the FBI conducting over 250,000 searches for no investigative reason. They found agents looking up old girlfriends. And, if a local cop did the same, who investigates and goes after them? The FBI.

Why can’t they have some oversight?

As someone that has experience in drafting warrants, it isn’t hard. I’ve written them on the back of a patrol car.

And these agencies have lawyers assigned to them, whose only job is to help draft warrants. For a lot of them, outside of certain information, it’s boilerplate. And if it’s for info like phone records, damn near everyone of them is going to read the same.

On top of all of that, there’s always Exigent Circumstances, which allows the search for an emergency, but paperwork will have to be drafted later to explain why. IE….if there is a murder or kidnapping, where time is of the essence, and they have to track a phone.

The fact that the FBI is pushing back against the warrant requirement should tell us all we need to know. They’ll be able to do what they want and what they’ve been doing.


25 posted on 12/13/2023 8:21:12 PM PST by qaz123
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To: Sacajaweau

“It has to be fixed...in the meantime...you don’t throw the whole thing out...It’s the 21st century...Terrorists have phones these days...”

It is a toss up to which is actually worse. I would rather look under my own bed and in my own underwear drawer for terrorists than have the government terrorist goons do it without my permission or knowledge.


26 posted on 12/14/2023 2:57:48 AM PST by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: Openurmind; All

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) warned in an interview with Breitbart News Daily that the alleged short-term extension of a deep state surveillance law could extend it well into 2025.

Lee spoke to Breitbart News Daily host Mike Slater as members of the “Firm,” or the collective that is Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), House Majority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), have ruled that they would put a short-term extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). This controversial surveillance law will expire in just a few short weeks.

As the Utah senator explained, although the text of the legislation would allow Section 702 to continue to April 19, lawmakers hope to strike a compromise to reauthorize Section 702 with reforms.

Lee called the “Firm” argument that this would only amount to a short-term extension of Section 702 “deceptive,” as the intelligence agencies could likely get certification right before the April deadline to keep operating for another year.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/12/13/exclusive-sen-mike-lee-deceptive-ndaa-measure-could-extend-deep-state-surveillance-authority-to-2025/


27 posted on 12/14/2023 3:38:40 AM PST by Texan4Life
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To: DesertRhino

You’re right. It can’t be fixed. It is too far gone. Too compromised. It has to be built back from a clean foundation. It is a house that is in too terrible a condition to ever be repaired.


28 posted on 12/14/2023 5:52:09 AM PST by Sequoyah101 (Procrastination is just a form of defiance)
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To: RandFan

Another POS RINO!


29 posted on 12/14/2023 7:47:02 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Jane Long

Thanks, I just let him know what I thought of him.


30 posted on 12/14/2023 4:39:15 PM PST by Rusty0604 (W looking for new conspiracy theories as all the old ones have come true)
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To: Jane Long

We need to start locking for someone ro replace him now! Do you think Paxton will run?


31 posted on 12/14/2023 4:41:14 PM PST by Rusty0604 (W looking for new conspiracy theories as all the old ones have come true)
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To: Jane Long

And Biden needs to shut up about Israel. Actually, just shut up period.


32 posted on 12/14/2023 4:43:35 PM PST by Rusty0604 (W looking for new conspiracy theories as all the old ones have come true)
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To: DesertRhino

A lot of us Texans don’t like him either.


33 posted on 12/14/2023 4:51:16 PM PST by Rusty0604 (W looking for new conspiracy theories as all the old ones have come true)
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