Current Events > The Senate voted to reauthorize Section 702 of FISA

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https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/20/24135339/fisa-720-reauthorization-senate-lapse-durbin-wyden

The bill includes an expansion of the spying powers, enabling the government to require small businesses and individuals to spy and collect data without a warrant. No protections have been included for American citizens' communications being "accidentally" scooped up. At some point, I've read there were plans to make at least some of this data available to regular police, but I haven't read about that since, so I don't know if it is in here.

We have no rights

they included alot of bullshit in the aids package bill that was a must pass bill its fucked up tho only thing that failed to pass was the border security aid because of course republicans dont care

Cornyn was keen on the importance of the FISA spying program, saying, FBI Director Chris Wray said allowing 702 to expire would be, quote, an act of unilateral disarmament in the face of the Chinese Communist Party, close quote. So the stakes are extremely high.

Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) also stressed the urgency of reauthorizing of Section 702, claiming that sixty percent of the presidents daily brief comes from material collected through the surveillance program.

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) objected to a warrant requirement for Americans communications on the basis that many terrorists like the 2015 San Bernardino shooters or the Boston Marathon bombers are American.

Sens. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Josh Hawley (R-MO) introduced an amendment that would have struck language in the House bill that expanded the definition of electronic communications service provider.
The expansion, Wyden has claimed, would force ordinary Americans and small businesses to conduct secret, warrantless spying. The Wyden-Hawley amendment failed 34-58.

Both Sens. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) introduced separate amendments imposing warrant requirements on surveilling Americans. A similar amendment failed in the House on a 212-212 vote. Durbins narrower warrant requirement wouldnt require intelligence agencies to obtain a warrant to query for those communications, though it requires one to access them.

Mike Lee introduced an amendment would expand the role amicus curiae briefs play in FISA court proceedings. Lees amendment failed 40-53.

Mr. President, in the nick of time, bipartisanship has prevailed here in the Senate, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said, as the final amendment was defeated. We are reauthorizing FISA, right before it expires at midnight twenty minutes before midnight.

Shameful.

But tiktok is totally about China right?

Bumping once in case anybody else cares.

Not great!

awful

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/04/biden-signs-bill-criticized-as-major-expansion-of-warrantless-surveillance/

Another link if you want to read more.

This is the only type of thing they can agree on. Expanding the surveillance, police, and military states. Never anything to actually help people.

At least there arent people in this topic saying anyone against it is a russia shill

Aren't democrats supposed to be fighting against this sort of thing? I was told they would stand up for us.

1337toothbrush posted...

Aren't democrats supposed to be fighting against this sort of thing? I was told they would stand up for us.

I don't remember if any of the linked articles mentioned it, but apparently Biden has been pushing for the re-authorization, and the bill was bipartisan. So no, both parties broadly agree on our lack of rights, though there was serious opposition from both sides.

It's infuriating. FISA is blatantly unconstitutional and in opposition to basic human rights. There has never been, to my knowledge anyway, any information released that indicates this mass surveillance is even effective (and it's kind of hard to believe secret evidence exists because of the constant lying and bad faith arguments). Even if FISA is necessary, none of the reforms civil liberties groups were asking for were particularly onerous, and frankly, they ought to be the bare minimum.

What the fuck is this

Very shitty. Its pretty crazy that any of this is still around.

The internet is really going down the shitter. It being revived it my pipe dream.

We living in a Great Value cyberpunk

Hyena_Of_Ice posted...

Shameful.

The only bipartisanship is screwing over the citizens.