As today’s FISA vote shows us, primaries matter.
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Posted inPolitics
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.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
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.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
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.
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Might We See a Bipartisan Agreement to Scale Back the Bush-Obama Security State?
Segments of both parties want to do it. But obstacles are high.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Trump and the Dangers of Secret Law
Disclosure of secret U.S. government laws is especially urgent now that an admirer of Vladimir Putin is ascending to the presidency.