{"id":2175407,"date":"2024-02-13T16:38:01","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T21:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservatives-demand-significant-reforms-as-house-eyes-path-forward-on-fisa-reform\/"},"modified":"2024-02-13T16:43:11","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T21:43:11","slug":"conservatives-demand-significant-reforms-as-house-eyes-path-forward-on-fisa-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservatives-demand-significant-reforms-as-house-eyes-path-forward-on-fisa-reform\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservatives seek &#8216;major changes&#8217; as House considers FISA reform"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fconservatives-demand-significant-reforms-as-house-eyes-path-forward-on-fisa-reform%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2175407&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>House Conservatives Demand Significant Reforms to Surveillance Law<\/h2>\n<p>House conservatives are taking a stand against the reauthorization of\u200d the \u2064Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) unless major changes are made to limit the government&#8217;s ability to collect data from\u2064 American citizens unintentionally.<\/p>\n<p>The House \u200dis preparing to vote on\u2064 a bill that would renew\u200d Section 702 of FISA, a \u200claw that allows the government to gather communications from foreign individuals abroad\u2063 in order to investigate potential \u200bnational\u200b security threats. However, concerns have been raised about\u2062 the law&#8217;s potential to also capture communications involving American \u200bcitizens, leading \u2063some lawmakers\u2062 to call \u2062for a \u200ccomplete overhaul.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cSimply put, anonymous bureaucrats have abused this tool that\u2062 was intended for support and surveillance as a threat\u2063 to spy on American citizens,\u201d said Rep. Bob\u200b Good (R-VA), chairman of \u200bthe conservative House Freedom Caucus. \u201cWe need to find that balance between keeping the nation safe while protecting you from big\u200b government.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The demand for reforms comes just \u2063after the release of the House&#8217;s proposed FISA Section 702 overhaul bill, which has been under negotiation for months. The 83-page bill combines elements from two previous proposals put forth by Republican lawmakers last year, \u200das \u200bdisagreements among members hindered progress on revising the \u200csurveillance law.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the\u2062 House had two competing bills \u200dsuggesting updates to surveillance, one from the \u200cHouse Judiciary Committee and one from the House Intelligence Committee. However, neither bill gained \u200denough \u200dsupport to pass, leading Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to \u200bpostpone the legislation until this year.<\/p>\n<p>To buy more time\u200c for negotiations, the speaker included a temporary extension of\u2063 the current bill in the \u200bNational Defense Authorization Act\u2064 last \u2064year. However, this move faced \u200bopposition from House conservatives. The extension is set to expire on April 19.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200c latest draft of the bill does not include the strict warrant requirements proposed by the Judiciary Committee, which would have mandated\u2064 probable cause warrants for all \u2063FISA queries involving U.S.\u200c citizens. This omission has angered some conservatives. Instead, \u200cthe new bill aligns with the Intelligence Committee&#8217;s version, which limits the number of FBI personnel authorized to search the database for information.<\/p>\n<p>It remains uncertain whether House leadership will allow a vote on an amendment that would introduce changes to the warrant requirement.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Good expressed\u200b support for the Judiciary Committee&#8217;s original proposal, emphasizing \u200bthe need to &#8220;ensure that our\u200c government cannot spy on its citizens without a warrant, or purchase data that would\u2064 otherwise require a warrant.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Members of the Freedom Caucus are going even further, demanding that House leaders consider amendments to the FISA\u200d reauthorization\u2063 bill that include\u200c warrant requirements. Some officials in the Biden administration have argued against such requirements, claiming\u2064 they could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illinois-becomes-first-state-to-eliminate-cash-bail\/\" title=\"Illinois abolishes cash bail, a historic first.\">hinder law enforcement&#8217;<\/a>s ability to\u200b conduct\u2062 surveillance.<\/p>\n<p>Conservatives counter these claims by asserting\u200c that warrant requirements would protect the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/303-creative-brief-asserts-freedom-of-speech-and-cites-the-federalist\/\" title=\"303 Creative Brief Supports Freedom of Speech, References The Federalist\">civil\u2064 rights<\/a> of American citizens.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe should be\u200d using the Judiciary bill as the base text. But at this point, as weak as the base text is,\u200b it can be made right if we have all the relevant questions asked,\u201d said Rep. \u200bWarren Davidson (R-OH). \u201cAnd those \u200bare: Do you \u200dneed a \u200dwarrant? Can the government buy data that they would otherwise have to get a warrant for? Are we going to tolerate expanding this?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The House Rules Committee \u200dhas scheduled the FISA bill for consideration during its\u200b Wednesday meeting, which \u200cmeans it could potentially be brought to the floor for a vote as early as \u2062Thursday or Friday. However, it remains unclear whether Republicans will move forward with the bill this week.<\/p>\n<p>Unless significant changes are made, several\u2063 conservatives are threatening to withhold their support, which could jeopardize the bill&#8217;s final passage.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house-conservatives-threaten-to-withhold-support-for-fisa-reauthorization-unless-significant-reforms-are-made\">CLICK\u2062 HERE\u200c TO READ \u200bMORE FROM THE\u200b WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> Why \u2064do civil liberties advocates argue \u200dthat Section 702 violates Americans&#8217; Fourth Amendment rights \u200cand \u2064principles of a free \u2064and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/who-cares-trump-quits-screen-actors-guild-after-they-threaten-disciplinary-action\/\" title=\"\u2018Who Cares!\u2019: Trump Quits Screen Actor\u2019s Guild After They Threaten \u2018Disciplinary\u2019 Action\">democratic society<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><span>  Ta collected under \u2064Section 702. It also\u200b includes additional privacy protections, such as\u2064 requiring the\u200d government to obtain a warrant before \u200baccessing the content of Americans&#8217; communications that are incidentally collected.<\/p>\n<p>However, House conservatives argue that these changes\u200c are not sufficient to address their \u2064concerns. They believe that more significant reforms are necessary to protect \u200cthe privacy rights of American \u200ccitizens. \u200cOne of their major demands is for \u200bthe complete elimination\u2062 of the incidental collection of \u200dAmericans&#8217; communications under Section 702.<\/p>\n<p>Another concern raised \u2064by conservatives\u2063 is \u2062the lack of transparency and accountability in \u2063the surveillance process. They argue that \u200bthere needs to be more oversight\u2064 and \u200creporting requirements to ensure that the government is not \u200dabusing its surveillance powers. They also want to narrow the scope of surveillance to only\u200c target \u2062individuals \u2062who pose a genuine threat to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-got-it-newsmax-reporter-emerald-robinson-national-security-source-confirms-a-piece-of-hardware-has-been-secured-in-germany\/\" title=\"We Got It! - Newsmax Reporter Emerald Robinson: National Security Source Confirms \"A Piece of Hardware Has Been Secured\" in Germany\">national security<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>House conservatives are not the only ones calling for reforms to the\u2062 surveillance law.\u200d Civil liberties\u200d advocates and privacy activists have long criticized Section 702\u200d for\u2064 its potential to violate Americans&#8217; Fourth Amendment rights. \u200cThey argue that\u200c the law allows for mass surveillance without individualized suspicion, which goes against the principles\u2063 of \u200da free and democratic society.<\/p>\n<p>The debate over the reauthorization of Section 702\u200b is likely to continue \u200bin the coming weeks. The House is scheduled to vote on the bill before it expires \u2062on April \u206219. Whether significant reforms will be \u2063included in the final \u2064legislation remains to\u2064 be seen, as lawmakers from both sides \u2062of the aisle continue to \u2063negotiate and compromise.<\/p>\n<p>In \u200cthe end, the outcome of this debate will have far-reaching \u2063implications for the balance between national security and individual privacy in the United States. It \u2063is crucial that \u2062lawmakers\u2064 carefully consider the concerns raised\u200d by House conservatives and other advocates for privacy rights. Only by striking a fair and reasonable balance \u2063can the government effectively protect national security without infringing upon the privacy rights of its citizens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House conservatives are opposing the reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act unless it includes &#8220;significant reforms&#8221; to restrict the federal government&#8217;s ability to unintentionally gather data from American citizens. 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