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House GOP Leaders Postpone Vote on Clean FISA Spy Powers

House GOP Leaders Postpone Vote on Clean FISA Spy Powers

Postponement of FISA Vote Amid Conservative Concerns House Republican leaders are delaying a vote on a contentious surveillance plan originally set for next week, pushing it to April. This decision comes after many conservatives expressed significant reservations about expanding surveillance powers without additional reforms. According to reports, several conservatives objected to the idea of extending […]

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 […]