Posted on 04/09/2024 6:38:43 PM PDT by george76
You might remember FISA warrants from the infamous and disgraceful Russia hoax saga. Well, they’re making headlines again as lawmakers debate bringing back the use of the 702 FISA warrantless searches that came about after 9/11 and during the Patriot Act frenzy and were used and abused against innocent Americans.
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Everyone’s favorite warrantless surveillance tool, FISA Section 702, returns to the US House of Representatives this week and is expected to go to a full House vote on Thursday.
Or, it may all fall apart (again) in the House Rules Committee on Tuesday.
This week’s congressional action follows an 11th-hour certification to conduct surveillance under Section 702 that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court granted to the US Justice Department on Friday. This means that the FBI and other US intelligence agencies can continue their current snooping practices for another year, even if Section 702 expires later this month.
Here’s what’s at stake, and what are the key sticking points in this hotly contested amendment to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).
At issue is FISA Section 702, which allows American intelligence agencies to spy on foreigners overseas who are believed to be criminals or threats to national security.
However, if these foreign targets are communicating with US persons, then law allows the FBI, CIA, NSA and National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) to probe calls, texts and emails without a warrant. That ability to peruse Americans’ conversations doesn’t sit well with groups as diverse as the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the House Freedom Caucus.
These concerns aren’t without merit: Section 702 has been abused numerous times by the FBI to spy on American protesters and a US senator, among others.
Americans were reassured about “warrantless searches” and told that if we hadn’t done anything wrong, there was nothing to worry about. These “warrantless searches” were supposedly for our protection, to save us from our big bad enemies, and would never be used against us. It turns out that was a big, fat lie. Senator Mike Lee’s message about the FISA 702 warrant is clear-cut: if your congressman votes for it, they’re part of the problem. Period and end of story.
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Mike Lee went on to offer this solid advice as well:
Trust people. Be skeptical of government. Especially the federal government. Especially when the federal government wants to spy on you without a warrant. Don’t let your congressman/woman vote to reauthorize FISA 702 without a warrant requirement.
#StopTheSpying..
Leading the charge against the FISA 702 debacle are Steve Bannon and Marjorie Taylor Greene, two patriots consistently on the front lines of every critical national issue that comes our way. MTG joined Bannon on his wildly popular WarRoom podcast, covering a whole range of topics from FISA and Biden’s border invasion to traitorous Speaker Johnson and more.
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While the crucial battle over FISA 702 rages on, Speaker Johnson has many folks concerned, given his recent habit of pushing the Deep State’s agenda.
As Marjorie Taylor Greene has alluded to, Speaker Mike Johnson appears to be compromised in the same way Chief Justice Roberts is. Roberts began his career as a conservative stalwart, only to turn into a left-wing puppet. After Johnson’s disastrous push to fund Ukraine, Greene is now trying to push him out, making it clear that she doesn’t work for Mike Johnson; she works for the American people.
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Our Republican Speaker of the House is upsetting many of our members by relying on Democrats to pass major bills and working with Dems by giving them everything they want,” Greene wrote on X. “That makes him the Democrat Speaker of the House not our Republican Speaker of the House.”
Last week, Greene said Johnson had changed, saying he worked more with Democrats than Republicans.
“Mike Johnson has completely changed his character in a matter of about five months after he has become speaker of the House,” Greene said to Tucker Carlson on his program on April 3. “…He called himself a conservative, always has been, he’s a Republican member, but yet here we are …”
She added that Johnson “has made a complete departure of who he is and what he stands for.”
“And to the point where people are literally asking, ‘is he blackmailed? What is wrong with him?’ Because he’s completely disconnected with what we want…”
It’s obvious that Johnson is a compromised puppet, but MTG’s push to oust him as Speaker doesn’t come without a great deal of risk.
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The House is teetering on a razor’s edge between Republicans and Democrats, and it’s inevitable that yet another RINO will bow out, tipping the scales in favor of the radical Democrats—it’s all part of a bigger plan. And speaking of RINOs, they’re out in full force, with Mike Turner gaslighting Americans on CNN, falsely framing the FISA 702 warrantless search as a tool for our “protection” and safety.
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We are overrun with uni-party RINOs. However, believing we’re on the verge of finding some MAGA champion to take the helm in the House is wishful thinking in this current political climate. As it stands now, we’re swimming in a sea of uni-party RINOs that is too deep and vast to overtake any time soon. Basically, the DC Swamp is the spitting image of any corporate HR department: pretending to champion the little guy while their true agenda is protecting the elite’s interests.
Right now, the focus should be on opposing the FISA 702 warrantless searches, which are a grave threat to every single American citizen who doesn’t dutifully toe the progressive line. If we turn over even an inch to the swamp, it’ll take hundreds of miles. Any reauthorization of FISA 702 is a breach of the 4th Amendment and must be stopped.
Looking back, it seems most rational people would agree that the Patriot Act and the tyrannical COVID measures were never about protecting us or the nation. They were a way to amass and wield power and control over anyone foolish enough to challenge the regime’s narrative.
We really can’t be without this.
Warrant, shmarrant.
These creepozoids could care less about getting a warrant, permission, whatever. They will do what they want, when they want, however they want, to whoever they want.
Without a conscience or a soul, ANYTHING is possible.
Nonsense
He’s more of a Bull Kristol kind of cuck.
Bill
The Constitution is dead. We are a nation under occupation.
The GOP is part of the occupation regime.
The deep state trolls are here
Bote out anyone who votes yes for this bill.
yes they abused it and they need a watchful eye. comey said he never read the fisa applications...his job was to sign them...and no more,
No corrections or oversight needed, if they vote for it then vote them out.
Nope...in this day and age when communication is “in the air”...702 is a must...
You’re insane.
Call Congress
(202) 224-3121
U.S. House switchboard operator
Mention state and zip code to be connected.
Message: The 118th Congress should not set the precedent that you, as Members of Congress, will be protected from warrantless searches, but that we, the people, everyday Americans, will not be.
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