Foreign Intelligence Surveillance (FISA)

Lawmakers and privacy experts on both sides of the political spectrum are sounding the alarm on a provision in a spy powers reform bill that one senator described as one of the “most terrifying expansions of government surveillance” in history.

Representative Michael McCaul (R-TX), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said Wednesday on CNN’s “The Situation Room” that it would be “extremely dangerous” if the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) reauthorization is not passed.

President Joe Biden backed a bill House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) hopes to pass on Friday that would reauthorize a controversial surveillance bill.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Wednesday explained his apparent flip-flop on a controversial surveillance law, saying that he now favors limited reforms after receiving a classified briefing.

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH) and Ranking Member Jim Himes (D-CT) offered an amendment to a spy powers reform bill that effectively serves as a “Patriot Act 2.0” and greatly expands surveillance of Americans.

Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview Tuesday that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) kowtowing to the intelligence agencies on a controversial surveillance law is a “prime example” of the “D.C. cartel.”

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) opposes a warrant requirement for a controversial surveillance law that he once supported, according to a report.

The House seeks to reauthorize a controversial spy program when Congress returns from recess next week.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said Thursday that the House will likely vote on a bill to reauthorize controversial spy powers next month.

Speaker Mike Johnson should note that conservatives and liberals agree in demanding that he not use the current spending package to reauthorize the FBI’s unconstitutional warrantless spying on American citizens.

Reps. Warren Davidson (R-OH) and Andy Biggs (R-AZ) in a statement on Thursday said President Joe Biden “cannot pretend” to protect Americans’ privacy while undermining congressional efforts to rein in surveillance, Breitbart News can reveal.

FreedomWorks President Adam Brandon on Tuesday warned congressional leaders against using the “specter” of a government shutdown to reauthorize deep state spy powers.

Rep. Bob Good called for the removal of Intelligence Committee Chair Mike Turner over his efforts to scuttle surveillance reform.

Andy Biggs called for the ouster of Mike Turner for overhyping the Russia threat as conservatives tried to rein in government surveillance.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) announced on Wednesday that the House will no longer consider a government surveillance bill after the House Intelligence Committee was “smoked” by pro-reform lawmakers.

Conservatives are banding together to urge Speaker Mike Johnson against rushing through a reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) without measures to protect American citizens from a weaponized Deep State.

Americans’ Second Amendment rights are at risk over a deep state surveillance reform bill as House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH) has sought to “narrow” the scope of surveillance reform.

Thirty House Republicans sent a letter Tuesday to GOP leadership, urging them to protect Americans’ second and fourth amendment rights.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is aiming to vote on reauthorizing and potentially reforming deep state spy powers next week, according to a report.

Congress faces a chaotic schedule when it returns in the new year. Here are four of the more pressing issues when Congress returns in two weeks.

As privacy-oriented lawmakers continue waging their war to rein in government surveillance abuse, there have been several startling revelations about the government’s abuse of government surveillance laws.

Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ), one of the leaders behind the fight to reform a deep state surveillance law, on Friday said Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) strategy was more “appeasement” than leadership.

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) warned in an interview with Breitbart News Daily that the alleged short-term extension of a deep state surveillance law could extend it well into 2025.

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) and Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) discuss the extension of the current Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) provisions in the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) bill.

Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH), a staunch privacy advocate, accused House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH) on Monday of “f*cking lying” about the Protect Liberty Act, a House Judiciary Committee-advanced bill meant to reform a controversial deep state surveillance law.

The House this week will vote on two competing FISA reform bills, the Protect Liberty and End Warrantless Surveillance Act, and the other which has been derided by privacy advocates as the “PATRIOT Act 2.0.”

Former House Judiciary Committee Chairmen Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) and Lamar Smith (R-TX) endorsed the House Judiciary Committee-advanced bill, the Protect Liberty and End Warrantless Surveillance Act.

Speaker Mike Johson (R-LA) backtracked and caved to the deep state and Democrats, moving to slip a deep state authorization into the defense bill.

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) said during a Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday that Congress cannot trust the FBI because Director Christopher Wray could not say who has been punished for violating Americans’ rights.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) will soon unveil the committee’s proposal to rein in a controversial deep-state surveillance program that will expire by the end of the year.

House and Senate conservatives on Wednesday sounded the alarm on a potential move by congressional leadership to extend a deep state surveillance law in a defense bill.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) opposes any extension of a deep state surveillance law in the upcoming defense bill, temporary or otherwise.

Fifty-four House lawmakers, Democrat and Republican, conservative and progressive, called on Speaker Mike Johnson not to extend a controversial deep state surveillance law in a defense bill.

Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) office has refused to confirm Rep. Matt Gaetz’s claim that there will be no reauthorization, temporary or otherwise, of a deep state surveillance tool.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is considering putting a measure to reauthorize a controversial government surveillance law into a defense spending bill, which could stoke division amongst Republicans and block strong bipartisan efforts to rein in surveillance overreach.

Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ), the chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance, wrote that the White House National Drug Control Policy’s secret funding of a surveillance program proves that surveillance reform must go far beyond Section 702 of FISA.