My reading of this is that the DOJ wants Trump to veto the FISA bill because it contains too many new safeguards.
In my opinion, FISA is beyond reform.
In the aftermath of 9/11, we granted the Federal government extraordinary surveillance powers, in the belief that those powers would be used exclusively to protect us from terrorism. Within a decade these powers were used for partisan political spying, and ultimately to sabotage the peaceful transfer of power to a new President.
This is the greatest abuse of power in the history of our Republic.
As distressing as the abuse of power is the reaction of our institutions to it. Instead of acknowledging the abuse and reacting quickly to punish all involved, the DOJ, the FBI, the Inspectors General, the media and the FISA court itself have all worked to delay revealing and excuse the government spying on its political enemies.
Those institutions can never again be trusted with the powers that FISA gave them.
DOJ wants it veto’d.
Rand wants it veto’d
Three “key” provisions expire and go away.
Victory of sorts.
“As distressing as the abuse of power is the reaction of our institutions to it. Instead of acknowledging the abuse and reacting quickly to punish all involved, the DOJ, the FBI, the Inspectors General, the media and the FISA court itself have all worked to delay revealing and excuse the government spying on its political enemies.
Those institutions can never again be trusted with the powers that FISA gave them.”
Exactly right. They need to earn the trust back, severe punishment of the criminals will be a step in that direction. Certain members of Congress resigning would also help.
Rather, the House democrats are trying to “protect” against abuse by institutionalizing ADDITIONAL wrong and ineffective safeguards against the wrong part of the problem, while NOT doing anything against the actual abuses by the FBI-DOJ-CIA-White House under Obama.
The Senate added some protections, but not enough. Not enough in the right areas.
Barr proposed “original” extra almost-effective safeguards back in March into the original House Bill, but those were rendered ineffective and were washed out during subsequent (democrat) House changes. So the current House version of the FISA bill has almost NO safeguards at all! But you won’t find that summary in this published story at all!