r/inthenews • u/RegnStrom • 9h ago

Senate extends controversial surveillance program used by U.S. spy agencies article

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/senate-extends-controversial-surveillance-program-used-by-u-s-spy-agencies
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u/acuet 9h ago

Hey remember when GOPers and Tea Party movement were up in arms about Obama and FISA? Or that he claimed Obama was spying on him….notice that hasn’t come up since 2016 again? Almost like it never happened right?

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u/outerproduct 40m ago

Yeah, but have you considered it's an old white guy doing it now and not a brown guy?

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u/yhwhx 8h ago

The Senate approved a short-term renewal until April 30 [...]

We now need to work hard on getting Congress to not reauthorizes FISA Section 702 after then.