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Stop the “Biden Big Brother Better” Law

theamericanconservative.com, December 12, 2023 Stop the “Biden Big Brother Better” Law James Bovard Unfortunately, betting on the triumph of constitutional rights on Capitol Hill remains a fool’s errand. *********************** Don’t “trust any bill so large that it has to be delivered by handcart,” warns Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), the top Senate opponent to a rubber […]
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N.Y. Post: The FBI just got caught in yet more massive, outrageous FISA abuses

New York Post, May 22, 2023 The FBI just got caught in yet more massive, outrageous FISA abuses by James Bovard Like the casino-gambling scene in “Casablanca,” the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act court is “shocked, shocked” the Federal Bureau of Investigation continues to ravage the privacy of vast numbers of Americans. For each American the […]

Trump Now Backs Permanent Spying Powers He’d Previously Criticized

President Donald Trump speaks in the East Room at the White House, June 5, 2017, in Washington. (AP/Andrew Harnik)
During the waning days of the 2016 campaign, President Trump loudly complained about the government’s abuse of surveillance powers, including FISA’s Section 702, which had been used to snoop on his campaign aides’ conversations with Russian officials. Now that he’s elected, that’s all changed.
Now that he’s elected, that’s all changed.