I like a lot of what @AshaRangappa_ writes.
But this is (what is the technical term?) a load of shit, well beneath her normal good faith.
Maybe she just hasn't followed ... anything on FISA since she stopped using it 13 years ago?https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/959605913337368579 …
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Like this. I mean, there hasn't been a surveillance bill passed recently where the progressive left Asha demonizes hasn't asked for more reporting from FBI. Has Asha simply blown off all those debates? And yet feels free to write on it in the NYT?pic.twitter.com/HFyLVCkz3y
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Indeed, one key complaint, for those who paid attention, to this year's 702 reauth was that FBI continues to refuse to accept legislation mandating meaningful reporting on a slew of their practices. Hell, FBI refused to negotiate w/HJC over similar issues.
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The reason surveillance skeptics -- and this is not a left thing, no matter what Asha claims -- claim FISC is a rubber stamp is bc DOJ numbers are bullshit. Just yesterday there was a discussion abt how US Courts more realistic numbers show something different.pic.twitter.com/FI1T6754f4
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More bullshit. The right did not seize on the the purportedly leftist claim that the FISC is a rubber stamp. On the contrary. It claims that FISC provides real oversight but that DOJ withheld information (it does, sometimes).pic.twitter.com/ZOga64O8pW
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Asha doesn't mention people like me, who've defended the FISC and noted where its standards are higher than criminal courts bc it would kill her narrative.pic.twitter.com/OXWjHmegqV
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Here's the kicker. Asha doesn't realize the numbers she points to reflect not a real change, but a more accurate counting won by progressive left and libertarian right demanding what she says they haven't -- better reporting.pic.twitter.com/Xm0ieVT7OI
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So in short, her argument proves 1) she doesn't know what has happened in recent years (or what kind of political coalition has made it happen) 2) but she's willing to use the fruit of that meager progress to spin her side misleadingly.
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