Keep in mind the FISA (702) extension already passed the House, and the bill is sitting in the Senate where the ever-predictable John Thune is not bringing it up for a vote.
This morning the House tried to pass a short-term FISA (702) extension for three weeks (ending July 2). The measure failed by a vote of 218 to 198. In addition to Democrats, nineteen republicans also voted against it.
The Democrats are claiming their lack of support surrounds the appointment of Bill Pulte as Acting DNI effective June 19, and their concern that Pulte will weaponize the FISA (702) authority to conduct political surveillance. Yes, it’s a rather hypocritical projection within their claim.
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Now, you might ask yourself…. where in the world would the Democrats get the idea that FISA (702) would be used to get “dirt on President Trump’s political enemies.” What would lead them to that suspicion?
As customary, the radical leftists are projecting based on their own conduct. This is the same “702” authority that Barack Obama and Joe Biden previously used to do exactly that political surveillance. We have outlined the entire operation in granular detail citing all of the FISA records that showed exactly what the Obama-Biden group were doing.
It’s difficult to keep general information hidden in/around Washington DC, and I suspect Democrat Leadership have heard something about what DNI Tulsi Gabbard is poised to release surrounding FISA (702) abuse.
For more than a few years CTH has been chasing multiple records relating to known FISA (702) abuses, including our effort to get the previous notification from the National Security Agency (NSA) to the FISA Court which outlined key details about which offices, agencies and portals were used by “contractors” to exploit the NSA database.
Additionally, do not forget there are classified versions of Inspector General Michael Horowitz’s investigative report(s) on known FISA 702 abuses once he was given access to the Dept of Justice National Security Division. Horowitz specifically investigated Obama era FISA (702) abuses and outlined two reports, one public (redacted) and one classified.
Without going into a lot of detail, I suspect Tulsi Gabbard and Aaron Lucas might be releasing some newly declassified information surrounding prior NSA database abuse and declassified information about the identified surveillance targets therein. This might explain where that unusually specific concern from Democrat leadership is originating.
Methinks they doth protest too much.
Oh, the irony….
The democrats were forced to run Biden in 2024 because, without him, an open primary might have been won by RFK Jr. So they predictably got stuck with Harris, when an RFK-Tulsi ticket might have defeated Trump, had both not been purged from the party for heresy. Man plans, God laughs.
“RFK-Tulsi ticket might have defeated Trump.”
PFFFFF!!
I like both of them but not against President Trump. No no no no no….
By the way I’m the original Phil…LOL
The big question is: one L or two?
I hope that Trump would still have won, but the addition of MAHA to MAGA was a big boost, and Harris was a terrible candidate. And it’s a good example of how arrogance can become self-destructive hubris.
They were denied by God; not their fellow politicians!
If they didn’t have double standards, they wouldn’t be nearly as entertaining.
If they didn’t have double standards, they wouldn’t have any any standards.
That’s EXACTLY what I was thinking! I’m lovin’ this, but it’s kind of hard!!! It’s so rich, and I’m a 50+year Type 1 diabetic!!!
Let them chickens come home to roost maga times.
At least a reckoning…whatever happened to Glenn Simpson…?
Yeah, get the grill going!!!
As SD has pointed out many times, 702 is just the gateway to information that is already being collected. Think of it like a search engine for the internet except the internet are your comms, records, data. It is the fact that they even collect searchable information to begin with that violates our 4th amendment rights. The failure to reauthorize 702 does NOT stop them from collecting our stuff.
The abuse of 702 is mind blowing in scale and at one point I thought that the former Mrs. BNG may have hired a “contractor” to search it during our divorce proceeding/s.
Wait until all those hundreds upon hundreds of…uh…AI “Data Centres” come on line.
I suspect we ain’t seen nothing yet.
For what it’s worth those data centers are only going to be as good as the data they work with.
Garbage in, garbage out.
And that is before you figure in that the learning language model “AIs” regularly hallucinate either way.
Thank you for this explanation, Sundance! Not sure why the Bill Pulte nomination is blowing up everyone’s world, but considering the people who seem the most upset about it are some of the worst actors of the last 20-plus years, I am slightly encouraged!
And those actors are on both sides of the political aisle, I might add… 🙄
VM: you are spot on. Since President Trump came down the escalator it has always been helpful to notice who he is agitating the most regardless of the wing of the Uniparty. It is one of the best “tells”.
Anything that gets Warner to slobber unintelligible drivel means he is over the Mark (Wordman?)
The higher the decibels and voice pitch, the more closely we should all be paying attention. That’s the metric I employ, sis…
As you say, for both sides of the mutual back slapping political aisle.
Betsy, far from it be me to question your veracity, but did you mean back stabbing instead of back slapping?
Back slapping for them…
Backs stabbing for the rest of us 😎
Pulte is an outsider and therefore a disruptive agent. He sees no need to respect the old-boy network or silo system.
Interesting that President Trump keeps pointing out that Pulte is coming in to reduce the size of the agency prior to someone else being nominated. Classic send in the corporate gunslinger to clear the path for the incoming director. That has to be creating swamp critter splodey heads everywhere.
Pulte clears the road, and the next DNI drops the hammer? If only.
Good. An evil device held in the wrong hands is still evil in the right hands. Let’s find other ways and throw this baby out with the bath water.
Accuse your enemies of what you have done.
How does one get the genie back in the bottle? It seems we are already past the point of no return. So, how does one manage or oversee this monstrous impact to our privacy? Once the toothpaste is out of the tube, it ain’t going back in! What can we do to save our republic???
J6, but for real and with arms. burn and loot gentry DC.
Not that I am advocating one way or the other, just saying that What I Saw At The Coup was an interesting read for me.
https://www.AmericanPartisan.org/2020/09/Bracken-What-I-Saw-At-The-Coup/
TURN BACK TO GOD!!!
We never had this problem, at least to THIS extent, when we were (or appeared to be) a GENUINE practicing Christian nation!
You know, start with the easy stuff.
-NO unnecessary businesses open on Sundays.
-Remove the FCC license/s from ANY and ALL media that includes swearing AND using the Lord’s Name in vain on the radio/tv waves!
-Stop any/all killing of God’s babies.
-Stop trying to act like God by creating babies in ANY/ALL ways other than He designed!
Why would they be worried about scrutiny if they haven’t done anything wrong?///
These are the same people who wanted every online seller platform (eBay, FB Marketplace, Etsy, Poshmark) to report to the government that you sold $600+ worth of merchandise to pay taxes on the “windfall”.
I despise these people and their double standards.
No, they aren’t protesting too much. It seems very straight forward to me. DC knows how FISA was abused. They know that with Dems in control, they’ll be okay. When President Trump puts in specific people (Tulsi) in specific places (ODNI), then the Dems start to worry. It’s a no brainer that they’d want to end FISA. Wait a few years and when President Trump is gone, reinstate it. They think they can because the Repubs would back them in doing so. Short term end for peace of mind from both Dems and Repubs with a look to afterwards and back to normal UnipartyDC.
Repeating what I’ve been saying since December of 2020, it is likely the NSA database contains evidence of behind-the-scenes communication among the perpetrators of election fraud which conclusively proves their involvement in that fraud.
What legally defensible processes could be used to release that evidence for use in prosecuting election fraud perpetrators so that a fraudster-friendly judge can’t easily deny its use in a court trial?
Likely correct re the NSA database containing evidence of election theft. As big of issue for DC would be the trail left behind on accessing that same database for insider trading.
Tulsi Gabbard’s presence at the Fulton County, Georgia raid indicates to me that information in the NSA database might now be employed to assist in building a case against the election fraud perpetrators in that state.
It could be that evidence in the NSA database related to election fraud includes examples of foreign interference gathered under a FISA 702 warrant issued after Gabbard took office. If such evidence indicates that a conspiracy existed involving foreign interference in our elections, even peripherally on the edges, then the statute of limitations isn’t in effect.
The capability of the NSA database to collect direct evidence of election fraud, and other kinds of crimes, might be one reason among several why Democrats and UniParty Republicans might not want to see FISA 702 renewed.
try the statute of limitations
Fraud has none and only tolls once the hidden “facts”, “evidence”, “conspiracy” becomes known.
Conspiracies carry no statute of limitations
Something else just comes to mind. Let’s assume that the NSA database has recently collected evidence of massive fraud in the California primary election. Could that evidence be legally unlocked by a FISA 702 warrant if it is suspected that foreign interference was involved, even if only peripherally?
You have nothing to fear but fear itself and seems our representative lawmakers have much to fear. Have you noticed that since President Trump has taken office, lawmakers are doing more hiding of their information than actually passing laws? Do I see the trembling of knees?
I see urine all down a LOT of legs!
I love how all the derogatory comments when Tusli first was chosen to now that we see what she has delivered
“This might explain where that unusually specific concern from Democrat leadership is originating.”
IMO the mushroom cloud is too small. However, it gets the point across.
If no one from the LSM brings up the name Kevin Clinesmith in this discussion, it tells you everything you need to know. And we know they won’t bring up their fellow TDS minion.
Bill Pulte is like Scaramucci when it comes to the DNI role. He’s going to come in, shine a light on some specific issues, then leave when the permanent DNI is named. The main difference between then and now is that Pulte is likely aware of the game.
Yes! This is why Warner was noticeably agitated. Oh what will Pulte find?
“Oh what will Pulte find?”
More like: “Oh, what did they already find?”
Often times an attorney won’t ask a question unless they already know the answer.
And the Jackass brays like a … jackass.?? Well maybe they should have been a little more timely, like maybe I dunno 10 years sooner maybe..
I love Shakespeare!
I’ll be spying on thee, but don’t you dare spy on me.
When the flak starts getting worse, you know you’re over the target…..
Why this admin hasnt been spying on congress the entire time in order to get bills passed is beyond me.
Shoulda been spying of Cali gov too.
President Trump is nominating Jay Clayton (not to be confused with Clayton Moore or Jay Silverheels) to be the new DNI.
I don’t know anything about Mr. Clayton but I’m sure that others in the CTH community are familiar with him. I’m anxious to learn more.
Bruce, Jay Clayton, is a former SEC Chairman, a top attorney at Sullivan & Cromwell, and current U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York
Sundance, look like Jay Clayton is getting the DNI nod. What are your thoughts on him?
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Good ! Get rid of this abused system.How many Carter Page’s do we need to see that tells us that the Rosemary Collyer’s and James “Jeb” Boasberg and their ilk don’t care about our rights?
I hope the President stands firm on the Pulte designation. It is only eight days until Pulte takes over.
We are with you President Trump. You have the right to your own choice for interim posts.
The point of this is so that the democrats can set a useful narrative, which will be effective.
They are highlighting that 702’s are bad.
They jump on this bandwagon so they (and the RINO’s) can say,
“SEE! SEE! Pulte has weaponized the 702’s to to spy on Trump’s political opponents!!!
That will be the narrative.
If anyone thinks it will break through this info came from weaponization from democrats, you haven’t been paying attention.
Let the lawsuits to prevent the release of the information begin.
And of course with an assist from Paul, Thune, Collins, etc. claiming that (because they are just so honorable and high minded) that they can’t abide the abuse to our liberties the release of this info will cause.
What if….
Pulte has already found some major fraud in the Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and FHFA (Federal Housing Finance Agency)?
Through DNI the major foreign players with the domestic ones (not only Individuals but ngo’s, privates org’s, etc) may be sweating bullets.
As @Sundance says,
“Boy Howdy!”
The Dems getting paranoid over thinking the Repub’s may have the audacity to use their own methods of previous cheating to pull some dirty tricks on them? This is so rich!
Democrats are scared their weapon might be turned around on them.
I hope one of the things to be declassified is FISC Judge Rosemary Collyer’s opinion on FISA abuse.
Democrats and rinos are scared their weapon might be turned around upon them.
Well, some illegal surveillance is more equal than others.
Quick fact check on congresscritters Himes and Raskin (and Jeffries, Clark, and Aguilar): Does the law establishing the ODNI (was it the Patriot Act?) actually require that the DNI have “extensive” national security experience, or is that perhaps just a strongly-worded suggestion (or even a “norm” that isn’t in the actual law)?