Opposing unconstitutional mass government surveillance

Tag: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

Op-Ed

The Sky Did Not Fall

Post author By Alex Marthews
Post date March 15, 2023

The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself

March 15 marks three years since, amid the shrill protests of the intelligence community, Congress allowed key sections of the mass-surveillance-enabling PATRIOT Act to lapse. This week, we’re again hearing shrill cries of the intelligence community and their lackeys on the Hill, declaring that if Congress allows mass-surveillance-enabling Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act […]

Tags congress, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, section 702, surveillance

Op-Ed

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

Post author By restorethe4th
Post date February 14, 2018
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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. […]