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Igel

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6. Yes, yes.

Reply to kentuck (Reply #5)

Sun Dec 15, 2019, 07:47 PM

Dec 2019

(D) typically were opposed to the increase in FISA surveillance, (R) supported it. It wasn't until very recently that this flipped.

The flip was the revelation that FISA wasn't just encroaching on civil rights, but could be a useful tool. All talk of civil rights violations vanished when the tool became more short-term useful than abstract moral.

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Many Americans thought the FISA program would not end well. [View all] kentuck Dec 2019 OP

The secrecy is a big problem... Wounded Bear Dec 2019 #1

True. kentuck Dec 2019 #3

The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution stands in opposition to FISA machI Dec 2019 #2

Actually, FISA was passed in 1978. cos dem Dec 2019 #4

Thanks for that info! kentuck Dec 2019 #5

Yes, yes. Igel Dec 2019 #6