House Passes Bill To Renew NSA Internet Spying Tool (reuters.com)

Dustin Volz, reporting for Reuters: The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill to renew the National Security Agency's warrantless internet surveillance program, overcoming objections from privacy advocates and confusion prompted by morning tweets from President Donald Trump that initially questioned the spying tool. The legislation, which passed 256-164 and split party lines, is the culmination of a yearslong debate in Congress on the proper scope of U.S. intelligence collection -- one fueled by the 2013 disclosures of classified surveillance secrets by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden. Senior Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives had urged cancellation of the vote after Trump appeared to cast doubt on the merits of the program, but Republicans forged ahead.

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FISA Section 702 = Mass surveillance on Americans

[bigpat]

Until there are meaningful restrictions and requirements to report "incidental" collections of Americans communications then we know this still law and others are being used for mass surveillance of Americans on American soil.

When congress yet again passes the buck on this law it will be up to the President to step up and order those restrictions and reporting be put into place.

Re:FISA Section 702 = Mass surveillance on America

[93 Escort Wagon]

When congress yet again passes the buck on this law it will be up to the President to step up and order those restrictions and reporting be put into place.

Unfortunately one of the few examples of bipartisanship coming out of Washington over the past decade or so has been the continual support for the erosion of Americans' rights in the name of fighting terrorism.