As we reported earlier, Speaker Johnson helped pass warrantless FISA today. It’s passed until 2026, when, hopefully, Donald Trump will be in office. Until then, the spying will continue. It’s a kick-the-can down-the-road maneuver. Meanwhile, they can spy on candidate Trump again if they so choose.
In 2023, they spied without warrants 278,000 times.
The vote was actually 212 to 212, and Johnson broke the impasse by voting to approve 702 instead of following the Constitution.
We are still waiting for the J6 tapes Johnson promised, and he has okayed all the spending packages that are killing our economy.
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Now, we must wait to see what he will do about the border, Ukraine, and Israel.
BREAKING IN WASHINGTON: The House has voted 273-147 to extend FISA Section 702 warrantless surveillance authority until 2026, surpassing the April 19 deadline. Americans will now be spied on without the need for a warrant, thanks to a push by Speaker Mike Johnson and White House pic.twitter.com/OBcb6U5yYU
— Simon Ateba (@simonateba) April 12, 2024
We never had 702 until Barack Obama so I don’t think we need it. There is a neat carve-out for Congress, but not the American people. Congress will be told if they are spied on, the peasants will not be told.
This is what the vilified MTG said:
Mike Johnson set up a private classified briefing room and inside members are being told that people are going to die if we don’t pass FISA!
Now, some Republicans are saying reauthorizing FISA for 2 years rather than 5 will solve our problems.
Stop kicking the can down the… pic.twitter.com/j5RSW8U3CJ
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (@RepMTG) April 12, 2024
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