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RT4 Rebuts Rep. Himes’ Pro-Surveillance Propaganda

Rep. Himes (D-CT) is wrong to argue to his colleagues that they should vote to renew the government’s FISA powers of warrantless surveillance, without key reforms.

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Why Bother “Querying” FISA Databases When You Can “Prompt” Instead?

In April, the government’s surveillance powers under Section 702 of FISA will expire. Since 2015, Congress’s efforts to rein in the surveillance state have largely focused on the NSA’s “FISA 702 database”, and in particular on two things: (a) Closing the backdoor search loophole: Limiting, and requiring a warrant for, queries by other agencies of […]