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FISA Stopped By Just A Few Brave Republicans

Posted by Brian in News on 11/Apr/2024 14:29

From The Federalist:

Nineteen Congressional Republicans helped tank a procedural vote on Wednesday, preventing the House from advancing a bill — backed by “Republican” Speaker Mike Johnson — that would renew government spying on American citizens without a warrant.

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Senator Paul Rips FBI Director Over Russiagate

Posted by Brian in News on 21/Sep/2021 13:00

From Forbes:

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Patriot Act Reform Fails By One Vote

Posted by Brian in News on 14/May/2020 13:07

From Ars Technica:

A majority of senators—59 out of 100—supported the amendment. But under the Senate’s dysfunctional rules, it takes a 60-vote supermajority to end debate on a proposal like this and move to a vote. So even though a majority of senators supported the amendment, it did not become part of the reauthorization bill.
Four senators—Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) missed the vote. The amendment would have passed if any of them had voted “yes.”

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Congress Renews Warrantless Spying

Posted by Brian in Law, News, Threat Watch on 12/Jan/2013 15:29

From the EFF:

The common-sense amendments the Senate hastily rejected were modest in scope and written with the utmost deference to national security concerns. The Senate had months to consider them, but waited until four days before the law was to expire to bring them to the floor, and then used the contrived time crunch to stifle any chances of them passing.

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President Attempts To Bypass Watergate Era Spying Laws

Posted by Brian in Law, News, Threat Watch on 1/Jun/2012 19:11

From Wired’s Threat Level:

The Obama administration is set to argue to a federal appeals court Friday(today) that the government may breach, with impunity, domestic spying laws adopted in the wake of President Richard M. Nixon’s Watergate scandal.

The case tests whether Americans may seek recourse or monetary damages when a sitting U.S. president bypasses Congress’s ban on warrantless spying on Americans — in this instance when President George W. Bush authorized his secret, warrantless domestic spying program in the aftermath of the September 2001 terror attacks.

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