While #DictatorDon has given #ICE the greenlight to use THE most intrusive #Spyware IN EXISTENCE (#Pegasus)… not only to spy on immigrants but spy on anyone who opposes his gestapo.… I'm reminded how "outraged" people were when they found out Dubya LIED and was in fact #wiretapping AMERICAN CITIZENS without a #FISA warrant.

But #DonCapone gets away with it b/c "he's not a politician" and therefore doesn't know any better. (THAT'S why he NEVER should have been Potus,)
https://youtu.be/ZAvFMuZPwWA

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noch - als rechtsstaatliche Demokratie anzusehen sind und damit einem US-amerikanischen Unternehmen, welches in Europa grundsätzlich legale Geschäfte mit Bürgern betreibt, zugestanden werden muss, sich an die Gesetze der USA zu halten und dies in Deutschland - im Einzelfall - zu dulden ist, auch wenn hierdurch Datenschutzrechte der Bürger in einem gewissen Maße eingeschränkt werden.
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#FISA #AbwägungZugunstenDerUSA #GewissenMaße #usaFirst #BedenkenSecond

here is a VICE Mag article on #FISA from 2017, featuring Marci Wheeler ―aka @emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social ― whom i consider the pre-eminent expert on everything #FISA and surveillance under USA law

❝ The NSA's 12-Year Struggle to Follow the Law - https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-nsas-12-year-struggle-to-follow-the-law/

notice this article came out during Cheetolini’s first coup; exactly because his fascist handlers were dismantling the safeguards for unfettered wiretapping that were put in place under the Obama admin …🧵

here is the standard intro to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act put together by the US Congress:

❝ Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) | Congress.gov | Library of Congress - https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF11451

here is the Wikipedia page with a general timeline of changes and controversies involving #FISA

❝ Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Intelligence_Surveillance_Act

here is the #ACLU American Civil Liberties Union

❝ Fix FISA - End Warrantless Wiretapping https://www.aclu.org/documents/fix-fisa-end-warrantless-wiretapping …🧵