Recent amendments to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), specifically under Section 702, have sparked controversy due to their expansion of government surveillance powers. The House has passed a bill that includes language allowing the government to spy on Americans without a warrant, potentially turning ordinary citizens such as plumbers, gardeners, landlords, and computer repairmen into federal agents. Critics argue this broadens the already extensive spying capabilities and infringes on Fourth Amendment rights. The Senate is now set to debate these changes, with some members pushing for stronger protections against warrantless surveillance. John & Nisha Whitehead warn that the government's definition of a 'bad' guy is extraordinarily broad, resulting in the warrantless surveillance of innocent citizens.
🚨🚨🚨 As Senators prepare to debate Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, "READ THE FINE PRINT," say John & Nisha Whitehead, as "the government’s definition of a “bad” guy is extraordinarily broad, and it results in the warrantless surveillance of innocent,…
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Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act has been abused and any reauthorization demands we further protect Americans’ Fourth Amendment rights. More from @TheHill: https://t.co/0BPOhYryxG
The House has managed a near-impossible feat. They made FISA even broader! - giving even more power to the government to spy and collect data on Americans. This bill would turn landlords and computer repairmen into spies. This cannot be allowed to stand
📩 The House has slipped a horrifying amendment into its bill extending intelligence agencies’ already expansive spying powers under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Don’t let the government turn citizens into spies! https://t.co/bAmGWHEdOs
Buried deep in the FISA Section 702 re-authorization bill is absolutely shocking language exponentially broadening the US government's ability to spy on Americans without a warrant. Turning your plumber into a federal spy agent against you? It's in there! Your gardener? Yep.… https://t.co/fVLVFKNJE2
📩 The House has slipped a horrifying amendment into its bill extending intelligence agencies’ already expansive spying powers under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Stop this horrifying mass surveillance bill! https://t.co/bAmGWHEdOs