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FISA 702 now expires in mid-June.

It’s time to stop the cycle.

No reauthorization and no more extensions unless Congress restores Americans' constitutionally protected rights and requires a real warrant to search their communications.

[Justin Amash @justinamash]

Under FISA 702, the government collects massive amounts of data on Americans while “targeting” foreigners overseas.

They then unconstitutionally search that data without a warrant for info on Americans.

The “libertarian demand” he’s whining about is called the Fourth Amendment.

[Rand Paul @RandPaul]

We need to stop the backdoor searches of Americans’ data and prevent the government from spying on U.S. citizens without a warrant based on probable cause.

[Senator Rand Paul @SenRandPaul]

It's purely irresponsible to let FISA 702 be reauthorized without a warrant requirement for American citizens.

That's insane.

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Good. The American people want real surveillance reform. Closing the backdoor search loophole is literally the least Congress could—and must—do.

[Craig Caplan @CraigCaplan]

47-52: With FISA Section 702 surveillance authority set to expire June 12th, the Senate early this morning voted against beginning debate on a 3-year extension. Republicans Hawley, Kennedy, Lee, Paul, Schmitt, Scott (FL) & Tuberville voted No. Fetterman was the only Democrat to vote Yes and Bennet missed the vote. @cspan 2 https://t.co/6TdjN4FWgy

[Jason Pye @pye]

Here's my buddy @SeanVitka and me at @thehill: Speaker Johnson, stop playing politics with privacy rights https://t.co/Cb2A1oWUT6 @iDueProcess @demandprogress

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Don't make decisions about whether & how gov't spies on Americans based on who’s in power. There's no guarantee your guy will be on top tomorrow.

The Constitution sets rules that should help us rest easy no matter who's in charge. Just follow the Fourth Amdt. Demand a warrant.

[Project for Privacy & Surveillance Accountability @savingprivacy]

Senate Republicans propose 3-year extension of FISA 702, the oft-abused surveillance law meant to spy on foreigners abroad but increasingly used to spy on Americans, as Trump's pick for @ODNIgov head complicates efforts to gather Democrat support.
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From @CatoInstitute's Patrick Eddington: The Fourth Amendment Forecloses a Foreign Intelligence Exception: A Brief Case Against the FISA Section 702 Program

More at the link below. ⬇️

[Elizabeth Goitein @LizaGoitein]

There is only one way senators can force leadership to permit amendment votes or otherwise negotiate: vote NO on the procedural motion that will take place in the coming days. Senators who support reform are the majority; they have real leverage. They must use it. 18/18

[Elizabeth Goitein @LizaGoitein]

Even more disturbing is the provision titled “Restriction on use of United States person information acquired under section 702 in criminal prosecutions.” Notwithstanding the Orwellian title, this provision actually *removes* existing restrictions on such use. 9/18

[Elizabeth Goitein @LizaGoitein]

The Senate will take up Section 702 reauthorization again as early as tomorrow. The bill from reform opponents (Trump allies in Congress + Sen. Warner) doesn’t just fail to curb warrantless domestic spying. It actually expands the govt’s ability to use 702 against Americans. 1/18

[Senator Rand Paul @SenRandPaul]

Next week sounds like a great time to tell government to fix FISA and to get a warrant.

Right?

[Elizabeth Goitein @LizaGoitein]

On Friday, the Trump administration, which is demanding that Congress pass a straight reauthorization of FISA Section 702, missed a deadline to declassify a FISA Court opinion that reportedly reveals yet more major Section 702 compliance problems. 1/14

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FISA 702 now expires in mid-June.

It’s time to stop the cycle.

No reauthorization and no more extensions unless Congress restores Americans' constitutionally protected rights and requires a real warrant to search their communications.

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The last 45-day FISA 702 extension passed the Senate on the presumption the Trump admin would honor a bipartisan request to declassify this FISA Court opinion on major compliance failures by May 15.

Unsurprisingly, the Trump admin ignored it instead. https://t.co/r8JqMZ8Iff

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The relevant consideration for whether and how the government is permitted to spy on Americans can never be about who’s in power right now. The establishment--regardless of party--will always try to protect its spying powers and hide abuses when it can.

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“On the one hand, the use of these tools to conduct queries under the radar is itself a massive compliance violation that is important for Congress to see and understand, but it also means that there may be more granular compliance violations in the form of abuses of U.S. person queries that we just don’t know about.” https://t.co/Wen9JhbXwc

[Jake Sherman @JakeSherman]

"A short-term infringement of the constitution is still an infringement of the constitution."

[Justin Amash @justinamash]

FISA 702 just passed the House.

This bill lets the government search Americans’ private communications without a warrant—in direct violation of the Fourth Amendment.

But don’t blame the GOP alone.

Forty-two Democrats betrayed the American people to help Mike Johnson pass it.

[Justin Amash @justinamash]

The House will vote today on a three-year FISA 702 extension.

Any Republican telling you they’re voting yes on FISA in exchange for a CBDC ban is a liar or a fool.

The Senate will strip the CBDC ban. They know this or should know it.

And no one should support FISA regardless!