Trump upends controversial surveillance fight

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Source: the hill.



By Jordain Carney - 02/27/20 05:04 PM EST


President Trump is threatening to blow up an extension of expiring intelligence programs as he backchannels with a cadre of top allies who want to use the bill to reform a shadowy surveillance court.

Congress has approximately 10 working days to reauthorize three expiring provisions of the USA Freedom Act, a 2015 bill that overhauled the country’s surveillance laws, with Attorney General Bill Barr and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) backing a “clean” extension.

But Trump threw a grenade into those already fragile plans on Thursday, when Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) told reporters that the president supports his effort to include broader reforms of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance, or FISA, Court as part of any reauthorization of the intelligence programs.
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Trump’s apparent support for including broader changes to the surveillance court comes as he’s railed repeatedly about his campaign being “spied” upon by the Obama-era FBI.

Progressives and libertarian-minded Republicans have long pushed to reform the FISA court, arguing enough privacy protections and transparency aren’t given to individuals targeted for government surveillance.



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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is also doing a deep dive on the FISA process, including closed-door depositions that he expects to start next week. Graham appeared caught off guard about Paul’s talk with the president, saying “I haven’t talked to him about it, [but] I’ll see him this weekend.”

Graham and Trump are campaigning in South Carolina together.........................

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Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/technology/485045-trump-upends-controversial-surveillance-fight

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I have always had this thought that the reason Trump did not go back to his trump towers in nyc is because he thinks it is bugged. Just my thought.. He is so paranoid--and cruel, and stupid and and and

[bluestarone]

1. We are going to have 20 years worth of work to do when

We TAKE BACK our white house!! Holy Fuck!!!!!!

[DEbluedude]

2. It's gonna take longer than that.

[bluestarone]

4. Well i was thinking this WITH

Full control of House AND senate!! If we have House only it will be totally un-fixable!!! Welcome to DU BTW.

[Newest Reality]

3. And if we don't...

Our dark, totalitarian, dystopian future awaits us.

I am seeing signs of a three-way: oligarchical, theocratic dictatorship. You get egg roll with that, BTW.

The Trumpilates are itching and very horny for this and an emergency of any great proportion could provide the lubrication to get that machine steam-rolling the country.

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[bluestarone]

5. AGREE!!

[Newest Reality]

6. Hey!

I don't tend to be alarmist, but...I look into it far too much.

Rather than frighten people, I would hope that it strengthens there resolve in preventing the worst outcome now. GOTV!

[msongs]

7. beware of authoritarians who will squash oppostion by secret courts and....rigged juries nt

[Blue_Tires]

8. Nobody had to bug it

Trump blabs about everything to everyone with anyone listening...

[The Mouth]

9. Blind pig... broken clock...