World BrieflyBig Brother just got a lease renewal: House votes to keep warrantless surveillance alive
Techdirt [Unofficial]Senator Wyden Again Tells Trump Administration It Owes The Public Access To A Section 702 Ruling
Senator Wyden Again Tells Trump Administration It Owes The Public Access To A Section 702 Ruling
Section 702 surveillance powers are still limping along, mostly unimpeded, despite on-again/off-again objections by federal politicians. More active recently have been several GOP politicians. Thes…
Section 702 Vote Pushed Back Another Six Weeks Following GOP’s ‘But With Cryptocurrency Ban’ Failure
Section 702 Vote Pushed Back Another Six Weeks Following GOP’s ‘But With Cryptocurrency Ban’ Failure
The administration isn’t exactly winning here. The GOP has been opposed to a clean reauthorization since its first brush with warrantless surveillance back during the Biden administration. GO…
2xfoYo, maybe it's not just the Republicans we should be mad at when Democrats expressly vote to give the government (i.e. Trump) authority to spy on our digital lives
#usPol #section702
#usPol #section702
Analyst207Congress Extends Surveillance Law Amid Renewed Scrutiny
Congress has given itself a 45-day reprieve, extending a contentious surveillance law that's raised alarm bells over its potential for abuse, despite revelations of major compliance problems. The law, Section 702, allows for warrantless snooping on foreign targets, but critics worry about its impact on civil liberties.
#Section702 #SurveillanceLaw #ForeignIntelligenceSurveillanceAct #Fisa #NationalSecurity
DoomsdaysCW#JaredGolden isn't running, so he could give a shit about #Mainers (or anyone else)...
‘Dangerous and Shameful’: 42 House #Democrats Help #GOP Send #Trump Spying Bill to Senate
“It was these Democrats’ responsibility to stand up against this administration, and they voted to stand down instead,” said one campaigner.
Jessica Corbett, Apr 29, 2026
Excerpt: " 'The 42 Democratic votes to advance Speaker Johnson and Donald Trump’s #surveillance agenda are dangerous and shameful,' she declared.
" 'These Democrats defied their constituents and common sense to undercut meaningful privacy reforms in the House and instead voted to hand over sweeping spy powers to the Trump administration,' she stressed. 'This means continuing #warrantless backdoor searches and allowing an increasing number of federal agencies to exploit the data broker loophole to supercharge #AI and fuel mass #DomesticSurveillance.' "
Read more:
https://www.commondreams.org/news/fisa-section-702-reauthorization
#USPol #Fascism #Authoritarianism #Orwellian #FISA #Section702 #SurveillanceState
MusiqueNow ✡️ 🇵🇸 🌍🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨#ALERT
U.S. House Votes to Extend #Surveillance of #FISA's #Section702
House Votes to Extend U.S. Surveillance Powers Under FISA’s Section 702
The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Tuesday to extend Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act for three years, sending the bill to the Senate ahead of tonight’s deadline. The program allows U.S. intelligence agencies to intercept the electronic communications of foreign nationals outside the United States. But some of the data collected under FISA’s Section 702 authority also includes communications with Americans. Democratic Congressmember Rashida Tlaib of Michigan blasted the measure, saying it “has been used to spy on Black Lives Matter protesters, members of Congress, journalists, and more.” Forty-two Democrats joined most House Republicans in advancing the legislation. Hajar Hammado, a senior policy adviser at Demand Progress, said, “These Democrats defied their constituents and common sense to undercut meaningful privacy reforms in the House and instead voted to hand over sweeping spy powers to the Trump administration. This means continuing warrantless backdoor searches and allowing an increasing number of federal agencies to exploit the data broker loophole to supercharge AI and fuel mass domestic surveillance.”
Spoon"Would we agree to having an inward-facing domestic intelligence apparatus? Should we? [...] I believe the US public has yet to reach a clear and consistent consensus."
-James Clapper, DNI, 2018
Today the US dedicates enormous resources to DHS's I&A and HSI, and FBI's IB, all domestic intelligence.
Has the public considered in plain terms the risks of this move to domestic intelligence? Consider the arguments against arising with original FISA.
The New Oil#Congress Must Reject New Insufficient 702 Reauthorization Bill
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/congress-must-reject-new-insufficient-702-reauthorization-bill
Congress Must Reject New Insufficient 702 Reauthorization Bill
Speaker Johnson has introduced a new fig leaf over the American surveillance state, the Foreign Intelligence Accountability Act. Introduced with only days to go before Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) expires and the U.S. government loses one of its most invasive...
ERROR 404 ▼⭕ #Washington repousse l’échéance de la #Section-702 du #FISA : le programme qui permet au #FBI de fouiller les communications sans passer par un juge !
Créée en 2008 pour surveiller des terroristes étrangers, la #Section-702 du #FISA est devenue un véritable outil d’espionnage intérieur.
