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leftstreet

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8. This is about Section 702

Reply to stopdiggin (Reply #7)

Tue Apr 14, 2026, 11:53 AM

7 hrs ago

On its face it targets non-US citizens for intelligence gathering. The dangerous backdoor is, in the process, the hoovering up of data from US citizens - without a warrant

How ANY Democrat could support that is beyond me

Primary them out

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Congressional Black Caucus to Support Spying Powers Used on BLM Activists [View all] Celerity 8 hrs ago OP

Primary every one of these GOP-enablers leftstreet 8 hrs ago #1

this is not a GOP thing stopdiggin 7 hrs ago #4

Do Democrats want warrantless spying? leftstreet 7 hrs ago #6

have they backed FISA (in similar clean bills) in the past? stopdiggin 7 hrs ago #7

This is about Section 702 leftstreet 7 hrs ago #8

any yet, as I noted, bipartisan objections to backdoors and abuses not withstanding - FISA stopdiggin 1 hr ago #13

Parimary every last one of them, should be no no warrantless spying...sorry. Demsrule86 6 hrs ago #10

dont want to look 'soft on crime'. mopinko 7 hrs ago #2

Disappointing, but Meeks and Himes should be blamed as much EdmondDantes_ 7 hrs ago #3

Yeah. Strange. Congressional Black Caucus really has little to do with this issue. stopdiggin 7 hrs ago #5

More from the article: Celerity 7 hrs ago #9

and I continue to say, what possible motivation/justification in HIGHLIGHTING stopdiggin 1 hr ago #14

Tell Congress to let this terrible law expire. -- Indivisible usonian 6 hrs ago #11

The daily "get mad at Democrats" MorbidButterflyTat 6 hrs ago #12