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.
Posted inTAP
The Clock Is Tik-Toking for Tech
Today on TAP: Forcing divestment of Chinese ownership of TikTok is no substitute for comprehensive data privacy regulation. It’s a first step.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Intel’s $3.5 Billion Boondoggle
The microchip giant’s ‘secure enclave’ project will take nearly 10 percent of a CHIPS Act manufacturing fund that is already stretched thin.
Posted inVideos
The Prospect Weekly Roundup: Is Surveillance Reform Possible?
On our weekly live YouTube show, our executive editor and writing fellow unpack the biggest news stories of the week.
Posted inPolitics
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.
Posted inPolitics
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 inTAP
A Partisan Hit Job on President Biden
Today on TAP: Special Counsel Hur’s gratuitous digs at Biden’s age and memory
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.
