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Congress shouldn’t reauthorize the government’s most potent snooping powers until it imposes stronger safeguards for Americans, a key conservative lawmaker said in response to a judge’s ruling that U.S. intelligence agencies tried to hide potential breaches of privacy rights.
Rep. Raul R. Labrador, Idaho Republican, said Judge Rosemary M. Collyer’s April ruling is the latest in a string of warning signs that federal agencies need more oversight before Congress renews their broad powers under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
In particular, Mr. Labrador and several colleagues want to know how often Americans’ information is scooped up and examined in a process that, according to Section 702, is supposed to be targeted at foreigners.
How do I go about finding out if there is a secret file on me in the bedroom closets of Shillary and BO?
If they are going to strengthen the laws then they should also include “sundown” provisions so that Congress is forced every five yeat or so to reexamine the governement snooping with a view to cutting it back should the threats (as determined by whatever source they can find without a dog in the fight) begin to decline.
Are these the same unconstitutional, illegal, snooping powers they promised not to abuse, but said were absolutely needed to ‘prevent terrorism?’
Unconstitutional, illegal, snooping powers they abused for political ends on day one?
With the endless stream of muslim terrorist attacks, I’d say there is no reason to reauthorize those unconstitutional, illegal, snooping powers – and an almost endless number of reasons to NOT reauthorize those unconstitutional, illegal, snooping powers.
Over the course of several nights last week I finally sat down and listened to the House Intelligence Oversight Committee’s questioning of Comey, Blabber (er, Clapper), et al. The most amazing thing — and there were a lot of amazing things — was when asked if the FBI was going to investigate the unmasking and subsequent leaking of citizens’ names to the press, Comey said, “We’re not.” His defense of this response was to take the straight line that the FBI neither confirms nor denies investigations. Gowdy sat stunned for about ten seconds before reminding him that the People were going to look long and hard at that answer before allowing Congress to renew those permissions.
stronger safeguards ?
When will they prosecute those who broke the law?