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FISA Amendments Act of 2008

I don't yet know the HR number on this bill. It seems like this bill is being kept under wraps because of what happens if its passed. A few of the key points are as follow:

# Legalization of the president's program of warrantless surveillance on Americans, a program that is illegal under current law and unconstitutional.


# A diminished role for the court that oversees the NSA's warrantless domestic spying, making oversight by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA) optional -- and we know that when this administration doesn't believe in getting court warrants even when required; making them "Optional" is making them non-existent.


# A new, unconstitutional process for challenging surveillance, via a secret appeals court composed of judges hand-picked solely by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, who supports expansive presidential powers.


# An information blackout by the Executive Branch against the Congress or our courts when it comes to the names and number of Americans monitored by the spying program. Without any oversight, countless journalists, lawyers, hotel clerks and others will inevitably be swept into round-the-clock monitoring of their phone conversations, indefinitely.

When I find the HR number and where there is an online copy of the bill, I will post it here as well. This is much worse than the Patriot Act ever was. Its hard to believe something like this is being run through our government and it looks like people are going to allow it!

Act Amendments FISA

This is the site to the full name and the full text of this insane bill if you care to read it.

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s109-3001

Read the rest of the article. They are a site that closely watches bills the jeapordize civil liberties.

https://www.ombwatch.org/article/articlevie...7/1/1?TopicID=1

FISA Amendments Act of 2008 History & Civil Business Politics

AT&T Whistleblower Urges Against Immunity for Telecoms in Bush Spy Program

The Senate is expected to vote on a controversial measure to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act tomorrow. The legislation would rewrite the nation's surveillance laws and authorize the National Security Agency's secret program of warrantless wiretapping. We speak with Mark Klein, a technician with AT&T for over twenty-two years. In 2006 Klein leaked internal AT&T documents that revealed the company had set up a secret room in its San Francisco office to give the National Security Agency access to its fiber optic internet cables.
Ref. https://www.democracynow.org/2008/7/7/att_t...r_urges_against

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FISA Supreme Court Decision Makes a Mockery Of Civil Liberties:

Specifically at issue was the FISA Amendments Act of 2008, which was reenacted by Congress in December. The act established the existence of secret courts capable of issuing warrants authorizing law enforcement officials to monitor communications between individuals inside the U.S. Corresponding with individuals overseas. Ref. Source 9