Trump Loyalists Kill Vote on US Wiretap Program
Trump Loyalists Kill Vote on US Wiretap Program

Trump Loyalists Kill Vote on US Wiretap Program

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/15183880
Well it wasn't just Trump loyalists; it was 19 Republicans in the Freedom Caucus (who are indeed Trump loyalists) and almost all the Democrats voting agains bringing the current bill to the floor. Now what?
"Congressional sources tell WIRED they have no idea what the next steps will be."
Oh.
It's obvious he doesn't want to be caught in the act of selling all the 'missing' classified docs he's still hiding
And the rest of his traitorous collaborations
I don't care how much dirt FISA could enable us to dig up on Trump, the trade isn't worth it. It'd be the epitome of biting off your nose to spite your face
I don't think anyone needs more evidence that Trump is a crook; I think the concern is that Trump is enough in cahoots with for-real foreign adversaries who are at odds with FISA-authorized surveillance (as it makes real operational problems for them), and they might be telling him how badly he needs to kill this to weaken it. He usually doesn't get anywhere deep into policy on this kind of stuff. Unless someone smarter than him is telling him what's important, he just talks about windmills and toilets and Crooked Hillary and how the election was stolen.
I honestly don't know whether it's that, or whether he's having an unexpected interest in policy details just because it came to his attention somehow and he knows the US national security apparatus is bad because it was mean to him. It could be either one.
I didn't like the patriot act and this seems like a loophole to doing patriot act things. It needs to apply to foreign protections and not citizens. Never thought id say it, but I have to agree with magas On this one. Most likely the magas don't appreciate the law spying on them and don't. care about the citizens.