By Tag "FISA"
This Week in Congress Wrap Up
The House resumed a semi-“normal” schedule this week as they began using “proxy voting.” I’ll be posting an in-depth explanation of the new proxy voting rules next week. What a week it was! The House was scheduled to vote on H.R. [...]
ACTION ALERT: Crucial surveillance votes this week
For years, Campaign for Liberty supporters like you have worked to roll-back the surveillance state and restore the Fourth Amendment. And this week, we may see those efforts pay off as the House of Representatives will vote on legislation [...]
NSA cutting back on surveillance...not so much
The National Security Agency recently made headlines by promising to reduce the amount of information collected on American citizens. Specifically, the agency promised to no longer use Section 702 of the FISA Act -- which was intended to allow [...]
FISA’s Warrantless Wiretapping Lives On
By: David Heacock On Monday, the Supreme Court rejected an initiative by a group of attorneys, journalists, and advocates to limit the expansion of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). While the court was not directly considering [...]
Too Much Bipartisanship
A common refrain from talking heads and pundits is that there is too little bipartisanship in Washington. However, Senate "debate" over the FISA Amendments Act reauthorization, and its passage by a vote of 73-23, showed that our Honorary [...]
BREAKING: Swing the hammer on spying
*** BREAKING: Deep State's SHAM FISA reform scheme pulled from House floor before vote. Late last night, Nancy Pelosi pulled SHAM FISA reform bill (H.R. 6172) before the scheduled vote to reauthorize the so-called "USA Freedom Act" (aka the [...]
This Week in Congress
The House is in session Monday through Friday. The main item on their agenda is S. 139, legislation reauthorizing Section 702 of the FISA Act, otherwise known as the “crown jewel” of the surveillance state. While S. 139 makes some [...]
House Republicans Stand with Obama
The following Republicans voted with President Obama and against Rep. Justin Amash's Amendment to stop the NSA from spying on millions of innocent Americans. Is your Congressman on this list? Call them: 202-224-3121 Check out the full roll [...]
The Next Generation of Surveillance
By: David Heacock This past week on PBS’ NOVA, the public was given an insight into what’s being called “The Next Generation of Surveillance.” ARGUS-IS, or Autonomous Real-Time Ground Ubiquitous Surveillance Imaging System, is an [...]