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Posted on 04/17/2026 1:25:38 AM PDT by RandFan
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JUST IN—IT’S OFFICIAL: Conservatives have BLOCKED an attempt to RAM THROUGH a 5 year extension of FISA in the dead of night, extending it by only 2 weeks
@timburchett, @laurenboebert, and @RepThomasMassie are out here celebrating a win against the deep state
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U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PERMANENT SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE
Title I of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act governs the targeting of foreign powers or agents of foreign powers for electronic surveillance by the U.S. government.
Agents of foreign powers can be either U.S. persons or non-U.S. persons.
If the agent of a foreign power is a U.S. person, the government must show that the U.S. person is engaging in espionage, terrorism, or sabotage by or on behalf of a foreign power that involves a violation of a criminal statute.
Applications to target a U.S. person under Title I must be accompanied by a certification from a senior national security official, which may include the Director or Deputy Director of the FBI. They must then be approved by the Attorney General, the Deputy Attorney General, or the
Assistant Attorney General for National Security. If one of those officials approves an application, it is then sent to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC), which consists of judges selected by the Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court who serve on a rotating basis.
Title I is a different authority than Section 702
https://intelligence.house.gov/UploadedFiles/FISA_Title_I_Summary.pdf
“the government must show that the U.S. person is engaging in espionage, terrorism, or sabotage by or on behalf of a foreign power that involves a violation of a criminal statute.”
Trump - “espionage, terrorism, or sabotage”?
Mike Flynn was recorded under a Title 702 surveillance program, and he was identified by name right on the front page of the Washington Post.
Frankly, anyone who trusts the U.S. government in these matters is retarded.
“While parts of FISA were illegally and unfortunately used against me in the Democrats’ disgraceful Witch Hunt and Attack in the RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA Hoax, and perhaps would be used against me in the future, I am willing to risk the giving up of my Rights and Privileges as a Citizen for our Great Military and Country! — @realDonaldTrump”
AC - your quote substitutes your own wording for his without showing you have done so. From the fuller quote listed on truth social the actual wording is:
“While parts of FISA were illegally and unfortunately used against me in the Democrats’ disgraceful Witch Hunt and Attack in the RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA Hoax, and perhaps would be used against me in the future, I am willing to risk that as a Citizen in order to do what is right for our Country.”
to substitute more accurately, what he is saying is that he is “willing to risk [parts of FISA being illegally and unfortunately used against me] as a Citizen in order to do what is right for our Country.”
It sounds as though he means that as a citizen he (and we all) should be willing to risk having these “protections” abused in order to ensure that we win the war on terror or against whomever. Kind of like growing a victory garden.
I am inclined to believe that whomever includes the citizenry for some people. And I am not willing to simply believe every senator or congresscritter who has been escorted into a SCIF and come out a new convert on a clean FISA just because they say so. Burkett saying we can’t handle the truth on aliens comes to mind, but at least here he is not giving in yet.
It is far more likely they get shown what is known about them than that we can’t handle knowing the nature and extent of the threat against us.
I think we are in agreement about spying on Americans - but I think mashing around quotations makes actually convincing others of a position a little more difficult.
FRegards
Remember it was McCarthy who pushed a 10-year extension on FISA before he got tossed. You can’t possibly hate the RINOs/uniparty enough.
Maybe he wants the Democrats to vote against it. If he’s for it, they’re automatically against it.
Didn’t he say these words in Philadelphia while the adoption of The Declaration was being debated?
Arghhh! 🙄🤔
It was originally posted on April 15th at 10:16 AM.
This is what shows up as the source: https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116409146419851362
“Didn’t he say these words in Philadelphia while the adoption of The Declaration was being debated?”
I don’t know, but according to AI:
Benjamin Franklin wrote this sentiment in 1755 (likely Philadelphia) on behalf of the Pennsylvania Assembly to the colonial governor. It was not a speech about nationhood, but a phrase in a letter referring to a tax dispute, where “essential liberty” meant the legislature’s right to tax the Penn family for frontier defense.
Also:
Contrary to modern usage, which often implies a defense against government overreach, Franklin was arguing that the legislature should not give up its right to govern (tax) for the “temporary safety” of being in the Penn family’s good graces.
Yes
And most people don’t realize is that even the section that relates to foreigners gives latitude for US intelligence agencies to just vacuum up everything analyze it and the get a warrant if they want (by my understanding I could be mistaken) which is not ok in any way
Actually, I was referring to the Samuel Adams quote. I should have been clearer. Though, the note you posted on Franklin is interesting. I did not know that.
The confusion comes in because on 04/14 at 2:07 Pm, President Trump posted in part:
“While parts of FISA were illegally and unfortunately used against me in the Democrats’ disgraceful Witch Hunt and Attack in the RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA Hoax, and perhaps would be used against me in the future, I am willing to risk that as a Citizen in order to do what is right for our Country.”
and here is what he posted in part on 04/16 at 10:16 Am:
“While parts of FISA were illegally and unfortunately used against me in the Democrats’ disgraceful Witch Hunt and Attack in the RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA Hoax, and perhaps would be used against me in the future, I am willing to risk the giving up of my Rights and Privileges as a Citizen for our Great Military and Country!”
Thank you, Reps. Burchett, Boebert, and Massie for stopping this Deep State/turkey legislation.
They don’t care about his flip-flop on starting wars, and I don’t think they will care about this.
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You’re right, but those here on FR who have Ostrich Syndrome can only ignore the consequences for so long. There’s gonna be a whole lotta gnashing of teeth if political power in Congress shifts substantially in November. Blame will be placed everywhere else BUT on Trump and Neo-Cons who precipitated this !@#$-show.
But he -did- say it. He cannot stop saying the stupid things. Just yesterday when someone asked him about 4 dollar gas, he said that was fake and the stock market is up.
I read it to mean that he knows FISA and the 11 lying democrat Judges will use it against him again and again. He is going to continue with his command knowing the risk he faces.
I went back and re-checked the TS source earlier because I was prepared for the possibility that Trump's 4/16 post had been altered after he posted it. LOL.
Turns out both Apogee and I are BOTH correct!
i am against new wars as a general rule but i 100000% approve of the war in Iran.
Anything short of removing the mullahs will be a failure. They will just regroup in the next Rat Administration.
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