Avril Haines ran cover for the CIA’s domestic surveillance. Who could possibly be worse?
FISA
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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.
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The Bipartisan Bid to Stop Surveillance Reform
Rep. Mike Turner may have overstepped by publicly warning about Russian space nukes, but Democrats were also trying to use the intelligence to influence the vote on warrantless spying.
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Progressive Caucus Opposes Defense Bill Over Excess Spending, FISA Extension
The caucus is recommending that members vote against the perennial defense authorization bill, in part because it could extend warrantless spying through this Congress.
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Spying Extension Angers Broad Majority Favoring Reform
Speaker Mike Johnson inserted a four-month extension of a warrantless spying program into the annual defense policy bill.
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The Most Interesting Bipartisanship of the Year
Fights over domestic spying typically follow a familiar pattern. That might end this year.