Let’s talk FISA with Senator Ron Wyden!
Great interview from Jess Craven

What is "FISA Section 702", the law that expired last week and is hastily being given reauthorization on a temporary basis only? And why is the MAGA regime so hellbent on making reauthorization of this law - originally "intended as temporary" more permanent if not more expansive, as well?

Wasn't this about ensuring freedom from "terrorists" and "terrorism", and why is that relevant to the guys that are so interested in exchanging democracy for authoritarianism?

Bottom line for me is: Does it make the Public more secure? Because it seems to be in opposition to #humanSecurity But let Wyden explain, please.

#warrantlessSurveillance
#surveillance
#patriotAct
#FISA
https://chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com/p/lets-talk-fisa-with-senator-ron-wyden

The propagandists want me to feel sorry for unpaid TSA agents.

Ell oh frickin' ell.

#DHS #PatriotAct #USPol

Senator, who has repeatedly warned about secret US #GovernmentSurveillance, sounds new alarm over ‘#CIA activities’

by Zack Whittaker, February 6, 2026

Excerpt: "In 2011, #RonWyden said that the U.S. government was relying on a secret interpretation of the #PatriotAct, which he said — without disclosing the nature of his concerns — created a 'gap between what the public thinks the law says and what the American government secretly thinks the law says.'

"Two years later, then-#NSA contractor #EdwardSnowden revealed that the National Security Agency was relying on its secret interpretation of the Patriot Act to force U.S. phone companies, including Verizon, to turn over the call records of hundreds of millions of Americans on an ongoing basis.

"Since then, Wyden has sounded the alarm on how the U.S. government collects the contents of people’s communications; revealed that the Justice Department barred Apple and Google from disclosing that federal authorities had been secretly demanding the contents of their customers’ push notifications; and said that an unclassified report that #CISA has refused to release contains 'shocking details' about national security threats facing U.S. phone companies.

"As noted by Techdirt’s Mike Masnick, we may not know yet why Wyden sounded the siren about the CIA’s activities, but every time Wyden has warned, he has also been vindicated."

Full article:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/06/senator-who-has-repeatedly-warned-about-secret-u-s-government-surveillance-sounds-new-alarm-over-cia-activities/

#USPol #Fascism #Authoritarianism #SilencingDissent #Spying #USCitizens #WarrantlessSurveillance

We don't need to 'abolish' ICE —‌

Just repeal and replace the 2001 #PatriotAct:

With that we can end the most egregious parts of our new surveillance state, while restoring actual oversight by re-separating the entities it melds together back apart.