The House votes on FISA reauthorization on Thursday, and surveillance hawks in both parties are pushing an amendment that would actually EXPAND warrantless wiretapping. More positively, reformers will also get a vote on an amendment to add a warrant requirement. And as always happens in this situations, the propaganda's kicking into high gear. Attached is a markup @dell did of a Washington Post editorial, highlighting all the misleading points and flat-out lies. It's ridiculous!
if you’re in the US, now’s a great time to contact Congress. You can either call the Congressional switchboard at (202) 224-3121 or use the House directory to look up your legislators’ contact info.
“Stop the FBI from expanding warrantless surveillance of innocent Americans. OPPOSE the FISA amendment from Reps. Turner and Himes, which would be the largest expansion of FISA since Section 702 was created in 2008. And please oppose any attempt to reauthorize FISA Section 702 that doesn’t include warrant requirements, both for Section 702 data and for our sensitive, personal information sold to the government by data brokers.”