U.S. House Vote Narrowly Allows Rampant Abuses of Warrantless Spying Authority to Continue
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(WASHINGTON) — Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a two-year extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (“FISA 702”), a controversial warrantless spying authority, and in an extremely narrow tie vote, rejected critical reforms to stop rampant abuse of the law that has been documented in recent years. FISA 702 warrantless […]

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/15271710

Not a good result. The good amendment to add a warrant requirement failed on a tie vote; bad amendments to expand the scope of warrantless wiretapping passed. Next step: a Senate vote.

  • Semi-Hemi-LemmygodEnglish
    19•8 months ago

    If they expect me to take the Constitution seriously they’ll need to do the same.

    What a joke of a country.

    • @Ultragigagigantic
      16•8 months ago

      “All men are created equal”

      Is slave state

      always has been.