<story><title>House Votes to Renew Surveillance Law, Rejecting New Privacy Limits</title><url>https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/11/us/politics/fisa-surveillance-congress-trump.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>rektide</author><text>As Wyden[1] points out, Congress has nearly no information on what impact the FISA program has. How many Americans are targeted already? The military refuses to answer Congress. How many emails &amp;amp; other collections are swept up? The military refuses to answer to Congress.&lt;p&gt;This bill explicitly allows it&amp;#x27;s use directly against Americans and declares which circumstances the FBI &amp;amp; other agencies need to use warrants and where these agencies will now be permitted warrantless access to FISA collections.&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Abouts&amp;quot; collection has a direct means to being permitted again. Ever use the word Benghazi in an email? Ok, all your communication might be wiretapped from now on. If the FBI ever wants to investigate you for something non terrorism related, something totally unrelated to Benghazi? No problem. Maybe- in some cases- they MIGHT need a warrant.&lt;p&gt;Just Security had a great writeup[2]. This bill is a travesty, especially given that Congress has again and again asked for some information to inform them about how FISA is being used already, and the military has stonewalled and stonewalled and stonewalled. That congress would radically expand these powers, let them now directly target Americans, and would allow the FBI &amp;amp; others access to this program, after being continually rebuffed, AND would make this program unable to be challenged in court- it&amp;#x27;s the pinnacle of madness. It&amp;#x27;s complete dereliction of duty by congress, and one of the saddest moments of cowardice in the US Governments history that we&amp;#x27;d stoop so low.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.thecipherbrief.com&amp;#x2F;column_article&amp;#x2F;dont-pass-surveillance-legislation-dark#.WlX-vO2BQqo.twitter&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.thecipherbrief.com&amp;#x2F;column_article&amp;#x2F;dont-pass-surv...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.justsecurity.org&amp;#x2F;50801&amp;#x2F;house-intelligence-committees-section-702-bill-wolf-sheeps-clothing&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.justsecurity.org&amp;#x2F;50801&amp;#x2F;house-intelligence-commit...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>House Votes to Renew Surveillance Law, Rejecting New Privacy Limits</title><url>https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/11/us/politics/fisa-surveillance-congress-trump.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>bgentry</author><text>55 House Democrats, including Pelosi, voted against the USA Rights Act amendment that would have substantially limited the surveillance against US citizens. 65 House Democrats ultimately voted in favor of this bill and giving the Trump admin more unchecked surveillance powers.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;gzornick&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;951501089047764992&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;gzornick&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;951501089047764992&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;clerk.house.gov&amp;#x2F;evs&amp;#x2F;2018&amp;#x2F;roll016.xml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;clerk.house.gov&amp;#x2F;evs&amp;#x2F;2018&amp;#x2F;roll016.xml&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>