US House rejects FISA Section 702 extension, warrantless surveillance expires(www.axios.com)
38 pointsby ck22 hours ago5 comments
  • rdudek2 hours ago
    I have to admire the double-dipping business model of private companies getting paid by local governments to setup surveillance cameras and harvest data. Then the same goverment will pay to get warrantless access to that same data.
    • ck2an hour ago
      is it just double-dipping the spending (this might be your point)

      or it is actually doing an end-run around laws against governments doing the surveillance themselves, instead they get private companies to do it and then it's perfectly legal to buy the data

      just like government buys cellphone tracking data and mortgage data from private brokers when there are laws blocking them doing it directly

      • Henchman212 minutes ago
        There’s a word for government & business collaboration of this type.
  • sitkack2 hours ago
    Surveillance won't stop and the warrants won't start. Now what?
    • rglover8 minutes ago
      An opportunistic politician would be wise to draft a bill around surveillance transparency and go to all of the people voting against Section 702 here for support (solid arm twist that backs them into a PR corner).
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  • ck22 hours ago
    I'm sure this administration will totally obey that without any enforcement or penalties and pardons awaiting

    oh wait, it could still be renewed/recreated

    > Democrats have refused to back an extension of Section 702 unless Trump reverses his decision to name Pulte as acting DNI

    I guess it's their only card to play but still, how about no warrantless anything considering there's a Constitution and all that