Re:Pentagon leaks linked to young gun enthusiast who worked ...
by dragonwriter on Thursday April 13, 2023 @01:01PM
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> The government has been pushing for more power since... forever? [...] Secret FISA court.
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court was/is (and FISA more generally was/is) a constraint established on formerly-unconstrained executive-branch power after the Church Committee report, not an expansion of government powers (the War on Terror-era amendments to FISA loosened some of those restrictions, but still not to the pre-FISA state.)
So, this is a particularly bad example for your claim.
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court was/is (and FISA more generally was/is) a constraint established on formerly-unconstrained executive-branch power after the Church Committee report, not an expansion of government powers (the War on Terror-era amendments to FISA loosened some of those restrictions, but still not to the pre-FISA state.)
So, this is a particularly bad example for your claim.