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Republicans criticize the appointment of a lawyer for Biden’s disinformation board to the FISA court

Republicans criticize the appointment of a lawyer for Biden's disinformation board to the FISA court

Concerns Raised Over New FISC Lawyer Connected to Disinformation Board Republican lawmakers are voicing strong criticism regarding the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court’s (FISC) recent decision to appoint a lawyer with ties to the Biden administration’s controversial Disinformation Control Board. They’re calling the move “insane.” This month, FISC judges appointed Jennifer Daskal to advise the secretive […]

FBI Allegedly Closes Office That Monitors FISA Misuse

FBI Surveillance Watchdog Unit Shut Down A report from the New York Times stated that FBI Director Kash Patel has disbanded the agency’s surveillance oversight unit. An official familiar with the situation indicated that the internal audit department had been tasked with ensuring adherence to surveillance regulations, especially concerning the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). […]

Trump-Aligned Republicans Silent After Voting To Extend Warrantless FISA Powers

After former President Donald Trump called for Congress to “kill” an extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), some of his closest allies in Congress still voted for a reauthorization without an explanation for why. The House of Representatives moved to renew a 2-year reauthorization of FISA, without a warrant requirement, in a 273-147 […]

Senate approves extension of FISA surveillance just after deadline

The Senate passed a two-year reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act’s (FISA) warrantless surveillance program early Saturday morning, after hours of intense and sometimes acrimonious debate on the Senate floor. I narrowly avoided going dark. Senators voted 60-34 to send the bill to President Biden’s desk shortly after the midnight deadline to expire expanded […]

Senate passes FISA surveillance tool renewal minutes after midnight deadline

About 40 minutes after it expired, the Senate voted to renew Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). FISA is a service provider that serves as an important tool used by governments to gather information about foreign subjects using the mandatory assistance of electronic communications. The Senate voted 60-34 to reauthorize. The provision […]

Trump Doesn’t Know What FISA or Obamacare Are

MSNBC contributor Claire McCaskill said on “Morning Joe” Friday that former President Donald Trump doesn’t know what the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) or the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, is. . “I don’t think people realize,” McCaskill said. “We always talk about the intelligence community as if it’s some big group of […]

Senate renews FISA spy powers after late-night breakthrough

The Senate reauthorized a controversial FISA spying program on Friday night in the face of days of hardened opposition, casting a flurry of votes in the hours before the law expired. A bipartisan group of privacy hawks had refused to fast-track the legislation, which renews Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, but they […]