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Congress passed and President Biden signed a reauthorization of Title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), approving a bill that opponents say includes a "major expansion of warrantless surveillance" under Section 702 of FISA.

Over the weekend, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act was approved by the Senate in a 60-34 vote. The yes votes included 30 Republicans, 28 Democrats, and two independents who caucus with Democrats. The bill, which was previously passed by the House and reauthorizes Section 702 of FISA for two years, was signed by President Biden on Saturday.

"Thousands and thousands of Americans could be forced into spying for the government by this new bill and with no warrant or direct court oversight whatsoever," Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, said on Friday. "Forcing ordinary Americans and small businesses to conduct secret, warrantless spying is what authoritarian countries do, not democracies."

Wyden and Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) led a bipartisan group of eight senators who submitted an amendment to reverse what Wyden's office called "a major expansion of warrantless surveillance under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that was included in the House-passed bill." After the bill was approved by the Senate without the amendment, Wyden said it seemed "that senators were unwilling to send this bill back to the House, no matter how common-sense the amendment before them."

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said he voted against the reauthorization "because it failed to include the most important requirement to protect Americans' civil rights: that law enforcement get a warrant before targeting a US citizen."

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[-] PKMKII@hexbear.net 72 points 6 months ago

Man amazing how overcoming the filibuster suddenly isn’t an issue when it comes to the surveillance state.

[-] crusa187@lemmy.ml 38 points 6 months ago

Anytime there is “bipartisan compromise,” one thing is absolutely certain - the American people are getting screwed.

[-] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 21 points 6 months ago

A big radicalizing moment for me was how we were repeatedly told Obama's ACA had to pass the first time or it would never happen. "We're only gonna get one shot at this!" And then Rand Paul filibustered the patriot act renewal and they just voted on it again like two days later or something.

[-] crusa187@lemmy.ml 11 points 6 months ago

Anytime there is “bipartisan compromise,” one thing is absolutely certain - the American people are getting screwed.

[-] Adkml@hexbear.net 39 points 6 months ago
  1. Fuck the dems, blue Maga, of course this isn't an endorsement

  2. Almost shows how much of a cynic I am, I assume they already have literally unlimited unrestricted access to anything you say within earshot of electronic device as well as your location data

Like I assume I they're talking about "expanding the surveillance state" there's literally gonna be a spook in a suit standing in the corner of my bedroom with a notepad who's furiously taking real time notes.

[-] AcidLeaves@hexbear.net 15 points 6 months ago

I assume they already have literally unlimited unrestricted access to anything you say within earshot of electronic device as well as your location data

This makes it legal though which means it holds up in court. Lots of scenarios in the past where the case got tossed because the feds obtained info illegally

[-] Maoo@hexbear.net 14 points 6 months ago

100% on location data. All they have to do is ask Google, Apple, or your mobile provider and they fork it over with little protest

[-] CommunistBear@hexbear.net 31 points 6 months ago

But remember to vote for the good guys! jokerfied

[-] MaxOS@hexbear.net 30 points 6 months ago

Extinct Ted Cruz W

[-] SirKlingoftheDrains@hexbear.net 29 points 6 months ago

All my blue reps voted for this. Oh yeah, they also voted for unconditional military aid to Israel and to not support UNWRA right after. Loser party.

[-] kristina@hexbear.net 27 points 6 months ago

excited for this to be used to hunt down trans people by neocons in some way

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 27 points 6 months ago

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said he voted against the reauthorization "because it failed to include the most important requirement to protect Americans' civil rights: that law enforcement get a warrant before targeting a US citizen."

I don't know how sincere that actually is but it's darkly hilarious that the democrats and Biden are to the right of Ted Fucking Cruz's official position.

[-] Frank@hexbear.net 26 points 6 months ago

"Forcing ordinary Americans and small businesses to conduct secret, warrantless spying is what authoritarian countries do, not democracies."

Gee, Ron, maybe you should sit down and chew on that for a while.

[-] TheDoctor@hexbear.net 17 points 6 months ago

"Forcing ordinary Americans and small businesses to conduct secret, warrantless spying is what authoritarian countries do, not democracies."

doubt

[-] the_post_of_tom_joad@hexbear.net 16 points 6 months ago

So what's the libverse saying about this? Silence? Cope? I'm actually afraid to look...

[-] itappearsthat@hexbear.net 16 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

hope people don't notice then make a show of getting mad in several years when $REPUBLICAN_PRESIDENT reauthorizes it with further rights erosion. also continue celebrating half their slate of candidates coming from "the Intelligence Community" as assurances of competence.

[-] Pandantic@midwest.social 7 points 6 months ago

A snippet of the take on .world

one "valid" option, and he still sucks shit.chakan2 1 6 + 232hWell...Trump didn't sign it...It must be good right?Aolley 115 + 21hdon't be stupid.Apthianos 15 /11hhttps:// www. politico. com/story/2018/01/19/trump-surveillance-extension-351136masteron0011 6+11hExcludeNodes {US}sugar_in_your_tea1 525mDang it, one of my senators voted for this nonsense.Altima NEO15 L21hWell at least my rep was trying to fight against that shit.doingthestuff 11+** 9mEveryone hates Rand Paul but he voted no on this, as did others on the left and the right. Fuck fascism and fuck left authoritarianism.Zorque 114*7mRand Paul votes no on anything that allows the government to do anything. I doubt he even reads the bills.

But also, on the hopeful side:

1 105↓8just_another_person1 22+12hGoddamn. What in the fuck is this timeline even. Now we need a THIRD secured device to secure comms between a remote server to stop MITM shit for fucks sake. Time to go deeper | guess.givesomefucks123 / 52hCan't wait for people to tell me how this is actually a great thing and we need to cheer for this...Queue 16 + 31h"But Biden had to sign the Bush era anti-terrorism surveillance state bill! Think of how many of those spies can now be gay or women! REAL Progress is baby steps to where your constitutional rights are violated by minorities and women!!It's genuinely amazing how we can't push for any bills for raising the federal minimum wage, protecting abortion, protecting queer healthcare, but we can ban wearing hoodies on the senate floor, passing spying bills on par with China, and then bundling a TikTok ban with aid to Ukraine and Israel.Sure is great living in a democracy. Where there's only one "valid" option, and he still sucks shit.chakan2 16 1'2hくWell...Trump didn't= good right?

[-] NewLeaf@hexbear.net 10 points 6 months ago

maybe-later-kiddo this is what fighting fascism looks like! #resist

[-] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 8 points 6 months ago

I want to see your nudes, fat! biden-point

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