White House braces for FBI spy tool fight
The Biden administration took a step toward addressing concerns about a controversial government surveillance tool this week by releasing an advisory panel’s report of recommended reforms to it.
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The Biden administration took a step toward addressing concerns about a controversial government surveillance tool this week by releasing an advisory panel’s report of recommended reforms to it.
Tweet. what do you think? absolutely. sometimes he doesn't ask me that. he doesn't have to ask me that. >> sandra: very interesting. >> his job is not to control the president when it comes to twitter. he is the chief of staff to control the information flow and to make sure the president has all of the options in front of him and that is the process. i did come back and say he did intervene recently when the president tweeted out his opposition to the section 702 fisa reauthorization. an hour and a half later there was a tweet much more in line with the administration policy and it was kelly ...
Talked to republican leaders and they seem to say it's going to be okay, but where does things leave everything with this vote? >> it threw it into chaos this morning, brianna, and the president tried to clean up his mess with his subsequent tweet and it appears that that was effective if republicans are, indeed, planning to bring this vote to the floor. they would only do that in the event they really believe they have the votes to pass this legislation, to pass this reauthorization. the president did create a mess with his initial tweet and open the door for critics or people who were on the...
Because he was watching fox news this morning, doing a report on the fisa reauthorization, framing it as a controversy, and, of course, going back to some of these issues with the dossier, the president's fears about unmasking. he watched this report and then tweeted things directly contradicting his administration's policy on this reau forization and the republican leaders' policy on this reauthorization. the president has done this before, put votes in jeopardy republicans needed on capitol hill but doesn't make it any less extraordinary that the president is off on his own without his staff...
Republican leaders and democratic leaders don't want to get on and then final passage of this bill, we should expect it momentarily to see whether or not they get this through the us. >> manu raju on the hill, thank you for that. let's evaluate some of this, shall we. bring in legal and national security analyst asha rangappa, a former fbi special agent joined by political reporter rebecca berg and national security analyst shawn turner. i'm picturing what we just heard kaitlan describe from the white house where the president tweets and knocks fisa in general and links it to the investigation...