edot39 minutes ago
"Wyden has also warned about a classified interpretation of Section 702 that he says multiple administrations have relied on and refused to declassify. “When it is eventually declassified,” he said in March, “the American people are going to be stunned that it took so long and that Congress had been debating this authority with insufficient information.”"
Spying on American citizens is a bipartisan point of agreement.
Larrikin3 minutes ago
I love the both siding argument springing up right before election day.
koops13 minutes ago
To be fair, the one raising this point, Wyden, is a Democrat.
jagged-chisel10 minutes ago
The one raising the point. Apparently standing alone amongst otherwise bipartisan support of spying on Americans.
advisedwanga minute ago
Wyden is the ranking D member of the intelligence committee (ie would be chair under a D senate). He's not some maverick bucking his party, this is the expression of the party position.
BoofMcQueen428 minutes ago
Wyden is an aberration. He (unfortunately) does not represent the party on these issues.
iAMkenough5 minutes ago
Ever since the Citizens United decision, economic class is what divides us, not which team you vote for.
One party is a little more willing to allow working class candidates to succeed, but both major parties are known for engaging in ratfucking.
podgorniy4 minutes ago
Spying on American citizens and going together on Lolita Express to Epstein island...
advisedwang3 minutes ago
They don't want the public to see the big green "APPROVED" rubber stamp that the FISC uses.
TheCoelacanthan hour ago
Secret courts are anathema to democracy and need to be abolished.
tastyfreeze5 minutes ago
I came to say the same thing. The secret courts and even the administrative agency courts should not exist. They are a violation of our rights. Any court where the prosecution, judge and jury are all government employees is a gross abuse of authority.
sharts9 minutes ago
This kind of thing will never stop. And those who control it have all the leverage and power.
Perhaps all the spying data should just be publicly accessible and easily accessible for all to use and abuse.
Would democratizing it all so there is never an expectation of privacy from the public vs a select few in power be better in the long run?
ARandomerDude12 minutes ago
The debate about reapproval of section 702 is all theater. Does anyone genuinely believe the government would stop surveilling us if the authorization expired?
baggachipz3 minutes ago
> The Trump administration has until November 6 to answer the senators.
How convenient that this is right after the midterm elections. If they maintain control, the republicans can simply decide to ignore this requirement without penalty.
CWuestefelda minute ago
Remind me in February to look back at how much the Democrats have done about it.
tokai11 minutes ago
This headline has been relevant since 2001.