Ziggy
Well-Known Member
FISA expires tonight at midnight.
FISA was born when the Patriot Act was passed to be able to surveil international threats.
However, we have found and do know that FISA has also been used to surveil American Citizens.
FISA was used against citizen Donald Trump in 2015 during his campaign.
See The Steele Dossier and Perkins Coie Opposition Research.
I'm sure it was most likely used under the Bush Admin as well.
Because somebody flew a plane into a building.
Manufactured Crisis.
Never let a good crisis go to waste.
The Patriot Act itself did not create a single “Patriots” list, but it expanded the legal authority for U.S. agencies to maintain and use government watch lists that could include individuals and groups suspected or confirmed of terrorist activity. These lists are maintained by multiple federal agencies — most notably the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the State Department’s Terrorist Exclusion List (TEL), and the Commerce Department’s Denied Persons List
Then we got the TSA to body search and invade peoples personal space.
I am not a fan of any Government intruding into the lives of their citizens unless they have evidence that they have committed a crime.
I found it amazing how fast the government was prepared to have written, researched, had hearings? passed through committees, and voted on the floor, right after 9/11.
Almost as if it was anticipated.
Just saying.
Congress has left the building until next week sometime.
So unless they call in a special session today FISA will expire at midnight.
Hugs
FISA was born when the Patriot Act was passed to be able to surveil international threats.
However, we have found and do know that FISA has also been used to surveil American Citizens.
FISA was used against citizen Donald Trump in 2015 during his campaign.
See The Steele Dossier and Perkins Coie Opposition Research.
I'm sure it was most likely used under the Bush Admin as well.
Because somebody flew a plane into a building.
Manufactured Crisis.
Never let a good crisis go to waste.
The Patriot Act itself did not create a single “Patriots” list, but it expanded the legal authority for U.S. agencies to maintain and use government watch lists that could include individuals and groups suspected or confirmed of terrorist activity. These lists are maintained by multiple federal agencies — most notably the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the State Department’s Terrorist Exclusion List (TEL), and the Commerce Department’s Denied Persons List
Then we got the TSA to body search and invade peoples personal space.
I am not a fan of any Government intruding into the lives of their citizens unless they have evidence that they have committed a crime.
I found it amazing how fast the government was prepared to have written, researched, had hearings? passed through committees, and voted on the floor, right after 9/11.
Almost as if it was anticipated.
Just saying.
Congress has left the building until next week sometime.
So unless they call in a special session today FISA will expire at midnight.
Hugs
