Bring the heat, CT-4. Bring the heat. #FISA

Protesters ask Himes to withdr...
Protesters call on Jim Himes to withdraw support for surveillance program

US Rep. Himes has affirmed his support for reauthorizing the Federal Intelligence Surveillance Act, FISA. Many of his constituents oppose it.

CT Mirror
Want to see how a single FBI agent using a frontier #AI agent could engage in predication laundering to open bogus investigations on individuals or groups, including conducting #FISA Section 702 database queries? Read on. cc: @[email protected] www.cato.org/blog/fbi-ass...

From FBI Assessment to FISA §7...
#FISA reform efforts over the last 20+ years have invariably been torpedoed by House & Senate leadership on both sides of the aisle. Rank-and-file members in both chambers must revolt, uphold their oaths, and let this Fourth Amendment violation machine meet the death it deserves.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:syr4pyycnawifxcinafpkctu/post/3mi2l6hw7pk2m
One bidder. £473 million. Ten years. HMRC's taxpayer data on US jurisdiction infrastructure. The CLOUD Act doesn't care which country the datacenter is in.
New post: The Tender Trap.
sovereignauditor.substack.com/p/the-tender-trap
#DataSovereignty #HMRC #CloudAct #FISA #UK
It was only a matter of time before Trump officially weighed in on #FISA Section 702 reauthorization. He did today, and here's my response.

FISA Fearmongering and Disinfo...

Congress Is Dropping the Ball with a #CleanExtension of #FISA

not considering a requirement to obtain a #warrant before looking at data on US persons that was indiscriminately & warrantlessly collected. #HouseSpeaker #MikeJohnson confirmed that “the plan is to move a clean extension of FISA … for at least 18 months.”

House #Judiciary Chair #JimJordan , who has previously been a champion of both the warrant requirement & closing the #databroker loophole
#privacy

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/congress-dropping-ball-clean-extension-fisa

Congress Is Dropping the Ball with a Clean Extension of FISA

Two years ago, Congress passed the “Reforming Intelligence and Securing America” Act (RISAA) that included nominal reforms to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). The bill unfortunately included some problematic expansions of the law—but it also included a relatively big...

Electronic Frontier Foundation
My latest on the #FISA Section 702 reauthorization debate, exclusively in @[email protected]

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:syr4pyycnawifxcinafpkctu/post/3mhsjfg3bkc25

Watch as the dems help reauthorize domestic mass surveillance under Trump.

"Democrats who helped doom a warrant requirement last time have yet to signal how they will vote this time around"

Wyden warned that the mass surveillance tool was ripe for abuse when the Biden administration pressured Congress into approving it 2 years ago, but Himes claims he hasn't seen evidence it was abused and is urging his fellow Democrats to reauthorize it

https://theintercept.com/2026/03/23/trump-domestic-spying-fisa-702-democrats

#uspol #FISA #masssurveillance

Democrats Might Save Mike Johnson’s Push to Give Trump Domestic Spying Power

Some Democrats are crossing party lines to renew domestic spying via Section 702 of FISA. One opponent says, “What could go wrong with that?”

The Intercept
Congress Is Dropping The Ball With A Clean Extension Of FISA

Two years ago, Congress passed the “Reforming Intelligence and Securing America” Act (RISAA) that included nominal reforms to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). T…

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