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2026-04-17 16:05 UTC

Liza Goitein of Brennan Center has a great thread with details on the bad amendment as well as the drama. https://blacksky.community/profile/lizagoitein.bsky.social/post/3mjparjdbhk2l

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@thenexusofprivacy@infosec.exchange 2026-04-21 15:51

Punchbowl News on the state play as of this morning: "Senators are open — but hardly eager — to lead the way on reauthorizing FISA Section 702 following House Republicans’ stunning failure last week. They’re resigned that anything to re-up the program must ultimately now pass muster with a bloc of hardline House conservatives determined to make significant changes to the program, which expires on April 30. “Obviously, the bottleneck here is the House,” Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) said. “What can pass there that is workable and would be supported in the Senate?”" https://punchbowl.news/article/defense/fisa-slog/ The fake deadline is April 30. It's a fake deadline because the FISA Court has already re-authorized the programs for the next year, so there isn't any short-term consequence if it lapses temporarily. But surveillance hawks will (as usual) try to use the false urgency to put through a "compromise" that broadens surveillance powers. #FISA #surveillance #privacy

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