FISA Section 702 has only been around for 16 years, but somehow questioning it is supposed to be the worst thing Trump has ever done. Lawfare's defense of it here is both shameful and laughable. https://www.lawfareblog.com/trump-tweets-against-key-national-security-priority …
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"702 information is used to protect US soldiers on the battlefield" in a series of endless foreign wars that have just become part of the background of American politics. Wars that are exactly as old as FISA, and part of the official state of emergency.
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"702 information keeps US decision-makers apprised of the intentions of adversary nations" who the fucking President is colluding with
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"702 information helps federal agents detect and prevent terror attacks on US soil," except for the mass shootings and white nationalists. Terror attacks in other countries, the direct result of a series of US wars, don't count either.
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The national security types are freaking out about 702 because it would mean an end to the supremacy of the bloated national security apparatus they work for. Having reauthorization fail would be a rare bright moment for the country.
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Just look at all the Eagle Scouts coming out of the drapery on this one.https://twitter.com/Comey/status/951464717666615298 …
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