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🗓️ 5 January 2024
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Everything you need to know about FISA (the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act) – one of the most controversial laws in the United States. FISA received a temporary extension recently as part of the National Defense Authorization Act. In the coming months Congress will debate reforms to FISA, with many populist members of both parties calling for its permanent repeal. Rep. Crenshaw joined House Intel Chairman Rep. Mike Turner and Rep. Darin LaHood to describe how FISA actually works, discuss the competing reform bills, and debunk common misconceptions about the government’s ability to use FISA to spy on Americans. By the end of this episode, you’ll have a solid grasp of Section 702, Title 1, FISA courts, the Crossfire Hurricane scandal, and, of course, what would happen if an analyst wanted to spy on Paul McCartney.
Congressman Turner is the Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, and member of the Oversight and Accountability Committee. Follow him on X and Instagram at @repmiketurner.
Congressman LaHood is a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the Ways and Means Committee, and the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party. Follow him on X and Instagram at @RepLaHood.
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0:24.4 | Okay, is the government spying on us? |
0:27.2 | Everybody wants to know that. |
0:29.0 | It's often a topic of conversation and the word FISA comes up a lot in that conversation. |
0:34.4 | So for those of you listening, I'm here with Chairman Mike Turner and Representative |
0:39.8 | Darren LeHood, both of which serve on the Intelligence Committee with me. in the that has worked tirelessly to come up with some compromises both across our own party |
0:56.5 | known across the Democrat party on FISA reforms that need to happen but we got |
1:02.3 | really got to start from the beginning here what |
1:04.5 | the heck is FISA and specifically FISA section 702 either one of you can answer |
1:09.9 | that or we can answer collectively as we talk about it. |
1:16.8 | Well FISA stands for, in short, it's the Foreign Surveillance Act. It's the law in which governs the intelligence communities spying on foreigners. |
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