CD291: Warrantless Spying Continues

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Jennifer Briney

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🗓️ 24 April 2024

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

“FISA 702” allows the government to spy on foreigners and store the information that they collect about American citizens incidentally. After more than a decade of FBI officials inappropriately searching the database of our information without warrants, Congress just reauthorized the program and made some changes - some reigning the program in and some expanding it. In this episode, learn what those changes are and how they are likely to affect you. Please Support Congressional Dish – Quick Links Contribute monthly or a lump sum via Support Congressional Dish via (donations per episode) Send Zelle payments to: [email protected] Send Venmo payments to: @Jennifer-Briney Send Cash App payments to: $CongressionalDish or [email protected] Use your bank’s online bill pay function to mail contributions to: Please make checks payable to Congressional Dish Thank you for supporting truly independent media! Background Sources Recommended Congressional Dish Episodes FISA Jasper Ward. April 20, 2024. Reuters. Luke Goldstein. April 12, 2024. The American Prospect. December 2019. U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Inspector General. Edward C. Liu. April 13, 2016. Congressional Research Service. History of Surveillance Mark Klein. November 8, 2007. C-SPAN Washington Journal. James Risen and Eric Lichtblau. December 16, 2005. The New York Times. NSA Spy Center Kashmir Hill. March 4, 2013. Forbes. James Bamford. March 15, 2012. Wired. PRISM program T.C. Sottek and Janus Kopfstein. July 17, 2013. The Verge. Laws Vote Breakdowns Audio Sources April 19, 2024 April 12, 2024 Speakers: November 8, 2007 C-SPAN Washington Journal Music by Editing Production Assistance

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0:00.0	The only conclusion I can come to is this is why bills are not supposed to become law like this.
0:04.6	This is why hearings are supposed to happen.
0:06.9	This is why experts, lawyers, are supposed to read these bills and amendments ahead of time and testify in public to
0:14.7	tell us what their real-world effects would be. Because reading this law
0:19.3	myself, I don't know. And clearly members of Congress are confused too. So it looks to me like they are just legislating out of their asses. And we're just going to have to live the effects to find them out. I am so damn tired of being lied to.
0:37.0	I don't think I can't deny it anymore.
0:49.0	You can stick to your story if you think it flies.
0:52.0	If you think it flies.
0:57.4	But I'm not gonna buy it anymore.
1:03.0	Hello my friend and thank you for listening to the 291 episode of the listener-supported
1:09.0	Congressional Dish Podcast.
1:10.0	I'm your host Jennifer Briny.
1:12.0	I have been reading bills and Laws for you since 2012 and this is one of
1:18.0	those moments where I feel like that was necessary because over the course of this last year I have been warning you
1:25.4	about a bunch of different bills and for some reason Congress decided that this
1:31.1	weekend they were going to take a bunch of them and
1:34.3	rush them into law and so this past weekend which was 420 weekend for those
1:39.6	of you who celebrate happy birthday to weed.
1:42.6	But over the course of 420 Weekend,
1:44.6	the House of Representatives decided to work on a weekend
1:49.6	and pass a literal stack of at least 15 bills with some key ones in that stack being the
1:55.8	war money bill that we talked about a few episodes ago the not a Tik-Toc ban and the
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