Vambo Posted May 28, 2020 Report Share Posted May 28, 2020 FISA FALLS THROUGH Dems abandon vote on bipartisan bill after Trump tweets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogicIsForSquares Posted May 28, 2020 Report Share Posted May 28, 2020 Trump may not be against FISA for the reasons I am but I am glad he intended on vetoing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calfoxwc Posted May 29, 2020 Report Share Posted May 29, 2020 6 hours ago, LogicIsForSquares said: Trump may not be against FISA for the reasons I am but I am glad he intended on vetoing it. was just another "good idea" until it was abused, and used as a political weapon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Intelligence_Surveillance_Act The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) was introduced on May 18, 1977, by Senator Ted Kennedy and was signed into law by President Carter on 25 October 1978. The bill was cosponsored by nine Senators: Birch Bayh, James O. Eastland, Jake Garn, Walter Huddleston, Daniel Inouye, Charles Mathias, John L. McClellan, Gaylord Nelson, and Strom Thurmond. The FISA resulted from extensive investigations by Senate Committees into the legality of domestic intelligence activities. These investigations were led separately by Sam Ervin and Frank Church in 1978 as a response to President Richard Nixon’s usage of federal resources, including law enforcement agencies, to spy on political and activist groups.[2][3] The law itself was crafted in large part in closed door meetings between legislators and members of the Justice Department.[4] The act was created to provide judicial and congressional oversight of the government's covert surveillance activities of foreign entities and individuals in the United States, while maintaining the secrecy needed to protect national security. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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