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The FISA Process Is Not Good Enough: How we got here and what the memos mean

With over a week passed since the #ReleaseTheMemo controversy finally came to a head, it’s time to reflect more deeply on how we got here, and how domestic surveillance under FISA should and should not be conducted. To recap: The memo in #ReleaseTheMemo refers to the memo written by the office of surveillance hawk Rep. […]

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OP-ED: THE COLLAPSE OF “REGULAR ORDER” IN CONGRESS AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR SURVEILLANCE REFORM

Summary To the surprise of few, Congress is once again failing to function. Congress is in a pickle, and is structurally unable to return to anything resembling “regular order”; The reform or renewal of Section 702 (which allows the infamous ‘backdoor searches’ on American citizens) may be kicked down the road to the spring as […]