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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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.
Posted inPolitics
The Most Interesting Bipartisanship of the Year
Fights over domestic spying typically follow a familiar pattern. That might end this year.
Posted inPolitics
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 inAmerica and the World
Trump’s All-Too-Powerful Surveillance Infrastructure
President Trump’s penchant for naming ‘enemies’ echoes Richard Nixon’s, with one difference: Trump has a much bigger treasure trove of personal data at his disposal.
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.
