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Twice last week, the federal government’s unconstitutional spying on ordinary Americans was exposed. One of these revelations was made by a federal judge in Washington, D.C., who wrote that the FBI is still using warrantless spying in criminal cases, notwithstanding the Constitution and federal laws. The other revelation was a surprise even to those of us who monitor these things the United States Postal Service acknowledged that it has been spying on Americans.
Here is the backstory.
The modern American security state the parts of the federal government that spy on Americans and do not change on account of elections received an enormous shot in the arm in 1978 when Congress enacted the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. That naively misguided and profoundly unconstitutional law was sold to Congress as a way to control the security state’s spying in the aftermath of Watergate. Watergate
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Twice last week, the federal government’s unconstitutional spying on ordinary Americans was exposed. One of these revelations was made by a federal judge in Washington, D.C., who wrote that the FBI is still using warrantless spying in criminal cases, notwithstanding the Constitution and federal laws. The other revelation was a surprise even to those of us who monitor these things – the United States Postal Service acknowledged that it has been spying on Americans.
Here is the backstory.
The modern American security state – the parts of the federal government that spy on Americans and do not change on account of elections – received an enormous
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., join Hannity to discuss new evidence of FISA fraud.
This is a rush transcript from Hannity, May 4, 2021. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.
SEAN HANNITY, FOX NEWS HOST: Welcome to HANNITY this Tuesday night.
And tonight, the left s radical, hyperpartisan New Green Deal belief that is not only infiltrating every part of your life, from social media, big tech, large corporation. Now, it s professional sports. It s our educational system, judicial system, even now juries.
In fact, we now know tonight that one juror in the Derek Chauvin case, the George Floyd incident, before the trial actually attended a rally where the relatives of George Floyd were featured speakers while wearing an anti- Chauvin, BLM, Black Lives Matter t-shirt.
ANALYSIS/OPINION:
Twice last week, the federal government’s unconstitutional spying on ordinary Americans was exposed. One of these revelations was made by a federal judge in Washington, D.C., who wrote that the FBI is still using warrantless spying in criminal cases, notwithstanding the Constitution and federal laws. The other revelation was a surprise even to those of us who monitor these things the United States Postal Service acknowledged that it has been spying on Americans.
Here is the backstory.
The modern American security state the parts of the federal government that spy on Americans and do not change on account of elections received an enormous shot in the arm in 1978 when Congress enacted the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. That naively misguided and profoundly unconstitutional law was sold to Congress as a way to control the security state’s spying in the aftermath of Watergate. Watergate had revealed that President Richard M. Nixon used the FBI and t
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EXCLUSIVE: House Republican Reps. Jim Jordan and Andy Biggs are demanding answers from FBI Director Christopher Wray after a newly declassified opinion from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court revealed widespread FISA violations.
Republicans, throughout the Trump administration, were vocal about abuses of FISA after the FBI obtained a FISA warrant against former Trump campaign aide Carter Page. Wray last year called the actions taken to obtain that FISA warrant unacceptable and told Congress they cannot be repeated.
But, last week, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence declassified an opinion from the FISC – the court with oversight of the FISA system – which Jordan and Biggs said revealed the FBI has been seriously and systematically abusing its warrantless electronic surveillance authority.