FISA lives past its expiration date
Chief Justice John Roberts
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)
Chief Justice John Roberts appoints the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) Judges.
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FISA allows the FBI to spy on anyone without probable cause forever.
Spy on who?
Anyone their target has ever:
met
stood next to
emailed, or
phoned
Since FISA is a federal law, it has a global reach.
As long as the warrant is dated no later than December 31st.
Whether or not Congress extends it for another seven years.
Edward C. Liu’s 21-page report to Congress dated March 17th is linked here:
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R47477
However, some FISA warrants are backdated 90 days from March 31st.
To surveil people like President Donald J. Trump and his family.
Fusion GPS surveilled Trump and his family from Ukraine
How many Americans does the FBI currently have under surveillance?
Between December 2020 and November 2021, the FBI said it was “fewer than 3,394,053.”
The FBI refuses to reveal updated surveillance numbers.
Their reasons to renew FISA are posted on their website here:
NSA (National Security Agency) generated 434 million Call Detail Records from 14 FISA warrants.
All were American citizens.
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434 million call detail records were produced from 14 FISA warrants
