Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT), a leader on the House Intelligence Committee, faced protests over his support for a warrantless spying regime.
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Here’s the Proposed Deal to Fund Most of DHS
Everything would be funded except ICE enforcement, and some reforms added, while Republicans would try a long-shot reconciliation bill for ICE money afterward.
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Warrantless Spying Reform Just Got a Whole Lot More Interesting
House Republicans have threatened to hold a foreign surveillance extension hostage unless the Senate agrees to voter suppression. It may flip the script on superfluous government spying.
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Warrantless Spying Report Signals Expansion of Domestic Surveillance
Not only are more communications being swept up as part of the war on drugs, but dissenters against government activities could also be targeted.
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What Was America’s Top Spy Hiding?
Avril Haines ran cover for the CIA’s domestic surveillance. Who could possibly be worse?
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Pro-Israel Groups Pushed for Warrantless Spying on Protesters
Today on TAP: The worst fears of reformers of warrantless spying could be realized.
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Reformers Narrowly Lose on FISA Reform, Now Get Patriot Act 2.0
A bad day for civil liberties in the House of Representatives
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The Prospect Weekly Roundup: The Bipartisan Surveillance State
As today’s FISA vote shows us, primaries matter.
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The Final Act on Government Surveillance
The House leadership in both parties is poised to expand, not reform, warrantless spying on Americans. But the rank and file isn’t going along.
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Crunch Time for Government Spying
Congress has a few weeks left until a key spying provision sunsets. Both reformers and intelligence hawks are plotting their strategies.
