Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) expires on April 19. The program ostensibly allows the government to spy on foreigners abroad, but it has been used against Americans.
Right now, Republicans in Congress and the Biden administration are trying to renew the program.
Some conservative Republicans want to get rid of it altogether. They argue that the current system allows for illegal spying on American citizens.
Donald Trump agrees with them.
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“KILL FISA”
Trump and conservatives must contend with the Republican establishment, which vigorously supports the bill. Axios reports that House Speaker Mike Johnson is desperately trying to save the bill.
Readers should note that the left has attempted to paint Johnson as “MAGA.” His position on FISA and almost everything else represents the exact opposite of America First’s policies.
From The Hill: “But as House Republicans gathered Thursday to discuss FISA, Trump urged them to kill the bill over a different section of the statute that allows domestic surveillance only once law enforcement they got a mandate.”
“KILL FISA, IT WAS ILLEGALLY USED AGAINST ME AND MANY OTHERS. THEY SPIED ON MY CAMPAIGN!!!” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social.
The story continued:
While the FBI secured a warrant to spy on Trump campaign aide Carter Page, the request was later found to omit key information, excluding details that conflicted with the FBI’s surveillance premise.
House Intelligence Chairman Mike Turner (R-Ohio) noted abuses of the law, both in terms of foreign and domestic surveillance…
However, the comment weakened Chairman Mike Johnson (R-La.), who asked colleagues during the meeting to pass the bill without a mandate requirement.
“I can’t wait to talk to him about it,” Johnson said of Trump. “I mean, here’s the thing about FISA: He’s not wrong. Of course they abused FISA. The whole Carter Page investigation – the whole fiasco was built on false premises, the false Russian dossier and all the other things. But these reforms would actually eliminate the abuses that allow spying on President Trump’s campaign.”
Only in America can politicians openly admit that the agenda they support is full of abuses and constitutional violations against the American people.
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Trump’s campaign was spied on
Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign was spied on using FISA provisions currently under consideration by Congress.
Policies that both the Democratic and Republican establishments are trying to protect.
And the most ardent supporters of civil liberties, on the right and left, oppose it.
Time reports: “For years, civil liberties advocates have pushed to block the FBI from searching that trove of Americans’ records without first obtaining a warrant. The FBI admitted to repeatedly violating its rules and conducting improper searches.”
“The current law under Section 702 will expire in April, after the House and Senate this week approved a short-term extension as part of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). This creates a window early next year for lawmakers to discuss significant changes to the FISA law. This week, House Speaker Mike Johnson canceled votes on a pair of conflicting FISA bills due to disagreements over the future of the program,” the report noted.
Americans who value privacy and their constitutional rights should hope that Donald Trump gets what he wants. And they should hope that the establishment loses this battle.
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