Inside the construct of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), Congress has agreed to extend the current FISA-702 authorization through April 19. 2024. Why April 19th? I believe, based on DOJ/FBI history, there is a very nefarious intent. I’ll explain.
First the report of the FISA-702 extension.
WASHINGTON – Congress is preparing to extend its deadline for untangling a complicated fight over warrantless government surveillance – which will mean yet another headache for House GOP leaders.
Top lawmakers are attaching a short-term extension of the government wiretapping power known as Section 702 to a sweeping defense policy bill, according to seven aides and lawmakers familiar with the text of the bill.
The extension would give Congress until April 19 to figure out how to reauthorize Section 702, named for its specific section of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The provision is meant to target foreigners abroad but has long stoked controversy for its ability to sweep in Americans.
Whether to attach a surveillance powers extension was one of the final sticking points on the defense bill, whose text is now finalized and expected to be released later Wednesday. Both the House and Senate still need to pass the defense bill, and there is bipartisan backlash already brewing over the decision to attach a surveillance extension.
Conservatives privately urged Speaker Mike Johnson to separate the two issues. His decision not to do so promises to complicate a final vote on the defense bill, a typically must-pass proposal that could come to the House floor as soon as next week. (read more)
FISA-702 surveillance was the legal mechanism by which the 2016 campaign of Donald Trump was placed under surveillance. The primary target of the FISA warrant was Carter Page; however, everyone within two contact points (2 hops) of Carter Page was also under full Title-1 surveillance. Essentially, the entire campaign and later administration of President Donald Trump fell under full electronic and physical surveillance.
Phone calls, text messages, emails and all electronic communication was intercepted by the DOJ. Robert Mueller extended the surveillance with a June 29, 2017, renewal. The FISA-702 authorities served as the legal mechanism that permitted the DOJ/FBI to intercept all communication and monitor everything from every position inside the administration of President Trump.
The 702 authorities were weaponized as warrantless searches by the DOJ against their political enemies. The FISA Court has published several years’ worth of reports showing how the “incidental collection” was not incidentally used. The abuses of the system have only grown every year since the DOJ National Security Division first started using them as a weaponized process to conduct warrantless surveillance on Americans.
Six years after this issue first surfaced, Office of Inspector General Michael Horowitz testified, April 27, 2023, that more than 3.4 million search queries into the NSA database took place between Dec. 1st, 2020 and Nov. 30th, 2021, by government officials and/or contractors working on behalf of the federal government. These search queries were based on authorizations related to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).
[OIG Testimony HERE]
Approximately 30% of those 3.4 million search queries were outside the rules and regulations that govern warrantless searches – what the politically correct government calls “non-compliant searches.” That means during the year 2021, more than 1 million searches of private documents and communication of Americans were illegal and outside the rules.
Additionally, IG Horowitz admitted that somewhere north of 10,000 federal employees have access to conduct these searches of the NSA database; a database which contains the electronic data of every single American, including emails, text messages, social media posts, instant messages, direct messages, phone calls, geolocation identifiers, purchases by electronic funds, banking records and any keystroke any American person puts into any electronic device for any reason.
If we were in a functioning system of government, everything would have been stopped, and no other conversation would take place that was not about this issue. This was the total and complete surveillance state being talked about as if Congress was discussing what’s for dinner.
If the FISA-702 authorities are extended, this surveillance is what has been authorized to continue through April 19, 2024. House Judiciary Ranking Member, Democrat Jerry Nadler, organized the date for extension.
I believe we have struck the right balance here and perhaps the only balance that can pass the House at this time,” Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) said about the bill.
Why April 2024?
Quite simply, and brutally honestly if we apply prior precedent to the extension timing, what you realize is the primary election of 2024 takes place between January and April of 2024. If things go as predicted by most, Donald Trump will have likely secured enough delegates for the nomination by the end of April. The extension will give the surveillance apparatus the ability to conduct searches of information throughout this period.
On/around April 19, 2024, the GOP nominee will likely have locked down the nomination. The nominee is likely to be Donald Trump.
Beyond the extension motive, the previous counterintelligence investigation by the FBI never stopped. Crossfire Hurricane evolved into the Mueller special counsel investigation. The same investigative units from the FBI then transferred into the Jack Smith special counsel. There is no reason to believe a counterintelligence investigation does not underpin the legal authorities by which the current DOJ is keeping candidate Donald Trump under surveillance today.
Using the wording within the criminal indictment, the DOJ-NSD could -likely is- considering Donald Trump a national security threat. All indications from the Jack Smith prosecution point in this direction. There is no countervailing data that would suggest the DOJ is not considering Donald Trump a national security threat. As a result, it is very likely candidate Trump is once again under a FISA authorized Title-1 surveillance warrant….. and everyone within two hops of him would be under the same.
On/around April 19, 2024, if Trump is the presumptive GOP nominee, the FISA court might look at any renewal authorities differently. It’s one thing to have American citizen Donald Trump under title-1 surveillance, it is another thing entirely to have the opposing candidate to the current administration under legally authorized surveillance by the DOJ-NSD.
The end date of April 19, 2024, would align with a need to have more than reasonable suspicion to retain the surveillance. At least, that’s the way the FISC would likely look at it.
If Occam’s razor is applied to the current datapoints, the most likely scenario for the DOJ-NSD, FBI and Jack Smith special counsel investigative units, is that Donald Trump is currently under FISC authorized title-1 surveillance.
Retaining the 702 status quo through April allows the surveillance to fall upon anyone in his campaign orbit.
The DOJ’s position in 2024 would then simply be a repeat of the DOJ’s position in 2016.
Someone might want to talk to Donald Trump about this.
It’s gonna have to be you because the people around him don’t seem to have a clue.
They have to be operating under the assumption that all their commo is under surveillance.
I agree…and it would be the most stupid operational posture to assume they are not being spied on. What with the new precedent having been set that attorney client privilege has been zeroed out, his legal team must understand by now that all communications need to be off line, in person, not recorded and not documented. leaving evidence, even trivial things is just asking for unwanted distractions to purpose.
having said that, President Trump cannot control every single persons actions. And I am sure there are some in his orbit who remain silent enemies, waiting for the opportunity to back stab and get a pay day. So his team must and probably already does practice need to know and tight circles.
Regardless, by now, President Trump and his closest allies and his legal team know what they are up against.
How they operate in this strange climate is probably best described as condition x ray..total lockdown.
I believe a mission of President Trump’s first term and everything up to this point has been to smoke out the bad actors. “Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.” You don’t really know who’s who until you give them a chance to reveal themselves.
Through Russia, Russia, Russia, two perfect phone calls leading to two perfectly fake impeachments, the China virus, the 51 intel officers’ report on Hunter’s laptop from hell, the 2020 election fraud, the Jan 6th hoax, the fake court cases, etc many have been given and have taken the opportunity to reveal themselves.
It has been a huge discovery and exposure phase. I don’t believe President Trump has been operating alone. Thinking that he has would be very naive. Who controls the Wurlitzer? Who is actually playing the music that everyone else is forced to dance to? Who is causing the rats to scurry in DC? Lots of scurrying going on recently.
If President Trump is not working alone, then who is he working with?
All of the people who loved and adored President Trump prior to his ride down the escalator who now “claim to hate him” are pretending to hate him for a reason. We know they don’t hate him. They fear him. What do they see that we don’t see? Why would they fear him so much?
They have been spying on us with every capability they’ve had since they invented the ability to do so. The 702 is just a veneer to give it the “appearance” of legitimacy. It’s no different than giving the “appearance” that they (Congress and the corrupt portions of the three letter agencies) work for us when in fact they work for their paymasters (above US govt).
We need to stop viewing things through the lens of business as usual for Congress. It’s not business as usual and politics as usual. It’s not. It’s war.
We have been under attack. We have been in and continue to head into some very interesting times for our country and as a result the rest of the world as the extent of those attacks get revealed.
You don’t say “We caught them all.” and then say “The best is yet to come” unless there is a plan. Successful dealmakers always have a plan.
Trump truly is Our Land Agent; the land in the US is literally up for grabs and Trump knows how to develop it for US………by land I mean from topsoil to oil. You are correct it is war, religious, land, and sea war.
Taking over land to stop production, productivity, prosperity, and a future is a NWO/communistic tactic; they are messing with a developer and he may well be a wrecking ball to their scheme.
Trump has a blueprint.
God Help US
One day is what Trump has asked for; I say give it to him.
Now how do we true the vote??
Agree!!! I hope he debugs his plane and residents, anywhere he has private conversations and frequently!
Good insights as always.
I’ve always benefited from your posts over the years.
Uh, I think Sundance just did. I think we might be surprised by who reads here. Sundance is very good at putting the pieces together. It is pretty clear that there are people in the Trump orbit who read here, even if they don’t post comments. Pretty clear Tucker or someone on his staff reads here, because stuff here often ended up on his show in the evening.
Trump 2024
I lost track of how many times I asked PDJT through his White House site to follow Sundance.
And I have seen clear evidence of Sundance posting something, …something nobody else was thinking, and within hours heard PDJT SAY it,..so I am confident info here gets there.
PDJT and his staff and confidants must be used to, by now just operating under the assumption everything they are saying is being picked up.
Once you know that, you can USE it, to feed disinfo to your opposition.
And, there ARE ways to have “secure communications” using analog systems.
Ham radio?
lol
WHOA NELLIE!!!
I see what you did there.
Roger that… The Prodigal Sons of Anarchy – by Jonathan V. Last
truth and GREAT INSIGHT/WISDOM is a like a lion and a lightning rod. Set it free and the one goes around killing the weak liars and the other illuminated righteous cause. President Trump knows truth and solid advice when he gets it. It is what makes him a fighter. He is quick and agile with new information.
Case in point. How many times has Trump mentioned Lisa Monaco recently? Other than readers here I don’t hear her name mentioned outside the beltway.
Another point. How often are there reports of people meeting Trump at Mar-a-Lago? Face-to-face meetings are obviously far more secure than anything electronic. Golf course meetings are good too. Especially if Trump has music playing in his golf cart.
Last point. How many treepers think Trump hasn’t figured out how to throw sand in the FISA gears? He could work a reverse canary trap on Jack Smith for instance. I’d do something like that in a New York second.
Yes. You preempted my intention to post a rhetorical question – “why would anyone think Pres. Trump isn’t already aware or won’t soon be made aware via this article?” My assumption is that PDJT or a trusted and loyal confidant / advisor in his inner circle scans or reads CTH daily.
You are RIGHT>>>>>>
Has everyone said good morning to the nice DOJ folks monitoring this site?
Good point, no sense in being rude.
Morning commies!
Maybe a link to PT’s Truth Social account?
The GOP has turned over control of congress to the Uniparty, expelled Santos, McCarthy strikes a match as he retires, Rona Romney schedules 2 more debates on CNN, Johnson has pretty well caved at every turn. When in the hell do we say enough!
When’s the last time it wasn’t in their control?
Yeah,, “turned over”,…WTF?
They change the flag over the House and Senate from Red to Blue but its like tag team wrestling, and blue and red are the SAME TEAM, and WE are the opposition they are competing against.
Bingo. We The Proplw:
The Holy Spirit, just on the small chance that He still has access to the remnants of what used to be Johnson’s God-given conscience, should give the Speaker a waking dream of hellfire and his possible eternity in a lake, burning his flesh and being gnawed on by demons forever!
Scare the living daylights out of him!! Make him more afraid to abandon his country and his Lord, than anything that Schumer/Nadler could do to him.
Fear of God stuff… Good for the soul.
make it so.
I prefer to call it “faith” in God, which is even more difficult for us to muster, rather than “fear” of God. As our Father in heaven, He commands our respect and, most importantly, our FAITH in His good works through us.
With *faith,* His good works shine within us, His living temples, and through us, like beacons of light piercing the darkness.
But yes, a healthy respect for our One, true Creator, as demonstrated through our abiding faith in Him, are absolutely *essential* to our eternal survival.
What does God want for each of us? This is why I post here.
“But when the Holy Spirit controls our lives, He will produce this kind of fruit in us: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.” Galatians 5:22-23
“Fear of the Lord” is mentioned many times in scripture. Faith AND fear will keep you far away from trespassing against God.
But sometimes, a divine reminder of the consequences of disobedience, is needed. My pastor used to say that the very best situation is one where the HS can just whisper in our conscience, and we obey, out of love and faith. But sometimes we need a tap on the shoulder, sometimes a whack on the butt, hit over the head with a 2×4, the most stubborn with a telephone pole!
Johnson should ALREADY be wise to and wily about ANYTHING DONE IN SECRET, RUSHED, VIOLATIVE OF THE 4TH & 5TH AMENDMENTS, and conducted himself accordingly…But he didn’t.
He agreed to play on their playing field when he consented to a SECRET MEETING with the Schumer Snake… BIG MISTAKE. Unless … his conscience has just ceased to function from being in DC (which I fear is true).
It has passed a long time since he should have said “NO”. Hence, the vision of Hell, as only God can give it to you.
I left the GOP over a decade ago when the best “Conservative” candidate the corrupt GOP could offer was McCaine the Lame and silly Sarah Palin…Good Lord! I watched the fake candidates (even back then) campaign conservative and vote with the Dems. Although getting off their rolls seems impossible (and my state doesn’t declare a party on voter registration), I became a functioning Independent. I donate to my candidate directly, but I have never given the RNC another dime since and never will again. There is no point in getting a new party leader when the whole thing is rotten to the core. You just admitted Republicans are a disaster. You ask when will we say “enough.” I am asking you that back. Are you still registered as a Republican? Still Donating? When will YOU say enough? I said it years ago. Stop supporting an enemy and Walk Away! We don’t need them…they need us. The tail is wagging the dog. 3D the GOP…defund, dismember, destroy.
Yup. I’ve only been a registered Independent.
It’s disgraceful that anyone who has ever sworn an oath to uphold our Constitution would ever consider acting to keep this ongoing violation legal.
That horse left the barn decades ago for these people.
Using the term disgraceful regarding everything in and around DC falls far short a description of that evil cesspool
That’s an insult to cesspools everywhere, and I live just a hair outside said District of Criminals.
Democrats. Republicans.
Two wings. Same turkey.
Illusion of choice.
Who do they *really* work for?
My first thought was of course Satan!
Ba’al, Ishtar, Moloch to name a few have infiltrated and are taking over society. Prepare for a wild ride — but read the end of the “Book” — God wins, Satan and his minions lose!
THEY don’t even know, as they just take orders,..from those higher up the food chain.
McConnell, Pelosi, Obummer etc. are just hired hands, above them $0r0$, $chwab are also hired hands at a higher level.
At the top? read the Great Taking,..
I just finished it! Scared the sh*t out of me, but it rings true to me.
What did you think?
The Great Taking is also on video at childrenshealthdefense.org
It will premiere tomorrow, December 9th.
I just tried to google that book. Must be good. It’s like it is banned or something. Not even with the title in quotations plus the author did anything but a few commentaries surface. YMMV
You can watch it on video now.
Turkey Vulture is more like it!
There is a lot of evil at play right now.
Sundance and many others are unraveling it it piece by piece.
I wonder how much of this is really “Let’s see who comes out of the woodwork to take advantage of _______”, because the evil keeps being exposed, and for me, this is part of the burning that is happening in the last days (metaphorically speaking) where the truth is exposing and burning those who have conducted evil acts.
It’s of course a befitting destruction for those who operate with evil intents. Will there be accountability? If not, why not? Because it just keeps emboldening people to keep acting in evil.
When did they stop spying on him?
What would lead us to believe that they did? (stop)
When do they stop spying on US?
My opinion: Never
Winter’s coming
This country is beyond screwed. Even when Trump wins in 2024, we are only saved for 4 years. Unless someone like Gaetz steps up, all a Trump win does is delay their complete takeover until 2028. 2024 will be crazy every single day with new accusations against Trump and violence against his supporters.
Do you not remember 2015 when people kept saying, “oh, if only we had another Ronald Reagan – too bad there are no real statesmen in the Republican Party!” Well, I remember it, because I was more or less thinking that, even though I realized the people saying this were pretty much the same people who for eight years couldn’t find a positive thing to say about President Reagan.
Point is, we have plenty of whiners and naysayers, but there are a lot of people with strong character left in America. We have had several years now of RINOs identifying themselves, so we’re not going to be as easily deceived as I was by Ted Cruz in 2015.
Well said, Learning.
As for Gaetz,…HELLO!
WHO do you think was instrumantal in installing Johnson as $peaker?
If Johnson was a head fake, then Gaetz is, too.
Kari Lake, Tina Peters, Cara Castranuevo, DePerno, Mastrianno, there are many who HAVE “Stepped up” and many that worked on their campaigns, and that WILL step up.
Many not involved in politics don’t realise it, but campaigns are incubators, ‘nurseries’ if you will that generate future politicians.
As for “Trump only having 4 years” his plans HAVE ‘leaked’ and so we have not only him talking about it in general terms at his rallys, we have some specifics coming from Axios and Politico articles.10,000 wolverines to be brought into D.C. to staff the new Trump admin. political appointee positions, who will be coming into to dismantle/demolish Departments.
As well as a detirmination to fill his cabinet with like minded, and not allow McConnell to dictate his cabinet this time.
PDJT intends to permanently demolish a lot of DC in such a way it can not easily be replaced after he leaves.
IF he gets in, and has his way, I believe we may well see a greater change in 4 years, than we saw in all of FDR’s run.
We can hope, pray, and be available to do our part.
Exactly why McCarthy is retiring. Exactly why so many have retired- it’s a tool that does two things:
First, it opens a spot for the Uniparty to sabotage MAGA and install a Democrat- see every single primary in the last 6 years
Second, it removes those who may be fully exposed from office, eliminates the potential for consequence, and opens the door to their cash.
Praying so hard for that. Please God make it so.
I’m fully with PDJT, but I don’t think even he can fully turn this mess around — only God can!
Trump cannot fix the mess we’re in…not even in 8 years. Trump took us three steps forward, Biden thirty steps back. We’re in for chaos, war, or famine. We’re in for economic horrors and terrorists attacks from millions of invading illegals. No human can fix it ir win against the power or the rich corrupt. It’s God or nothing.
FLAGGED!!! You are a worthless shyster and doomsayer troll. Get out of here.
He speaks the truth, Barb.
Yup, the scales have fallen off our eyes and we see reality. For others, the scales are just now beginning to fall off their eyes, and for some they will never see reality.
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) is a good answer. He is a good man and a constitutionalist. In fact I think he would make a great VP for President Trump. President Trump would have to mend fences with Massie after he [President Trump] berated Massie and all but called for Massie’s ouster from the Republican Party after Massie expressed his displeasure about the COVID-19 payouts (another 2 trillion dollars added to the debt).
Johnson is another go along to get along speaker. Really no difference than McCarthy.
Of course it is likely IC has enough dirt on enough members of Congress to never lose their 702 authorization.
I shouldn’t defend Johnson, because he doesn’t deserve it, but here goes nothing. He has to deal with the caucus McCarthy built. That’s reality. McCarthy’s backstabbing MAGA candidates in 2022, McCarthy’s treason to his constituents and his hubris infecting everyone around him and everyone dependent on him. Running out of the room screaming like a banshee now that he did as much damage as he could. Johnson is simply outmanned, and is dealing with 300+ Democrats/RINOs/Communists in the chamber to whatever he’s got. Beyond that, I don’t know if he’s another McLeader or keeping his head down for when he really needs to shine. The timing on the Hunter Biden indictment shouldn’t be surprising, either, as frustrating as it is. The script is dull, boring, predictable; it’s worse than the worst of WWE drama. If you want to shout me down, go ahead. I simply see a terrible situation that Gaetz exposed.
What possible rationale would anyone have for voting for a Republican? We can’t even lie to ourselves that at least they aren’t Democrats because they very clearly are. Johnson has done more for the Democrats since becoming Speaker than he ever did for Republicans throughout his entire congressional career.
The only rationale I have is that Trump needs the votes for structural changes to be made. Trump firing everything is wonderful and great, but if you can’t eliminate those divisions, the Dems will refill those coffers five times as deep ten times as fast. But if they don’t work this time, assuming they have the votes, they’re on their own.
EDIT: I will also say that the closer we get to this inflection point, which I guess is the Convention, the more masks from the GOPe are gonna drop and we’re gonna know clearly who to support and who not to.
Johnson is a a turn the other cheek “Christian”.
No, I am with you. Johnson is in a field of rat traps and land mines McCarthy has laid, the Republican majority is tenuous, and the FBI and CIA have everyone on a short leash. No human can fix it. That being said, Johnson should not give in to the extension for what violates the constitution, no matter what. There is no reason to extend it that isn’t nefarious. Johnson inherited a tornado, and he’s just trying to keep everything from blowing away. I feel for him…but my hope in his steadfastness and backbone is fading fast.
My view is that they’d have the votes, 300+ to run through him if he didn’t agree to it. Then they’d toss him out as speaker. We weren’t happy with some things Trump did, but we knew what he was up against and still is and he needed to stay in the game. I’m not saying Johnson’s in the same position, but he’s got no room for error here.
I also agree with your assessment, but here is where I differ. (and yes, this is ME backtracking on where I stand in support of mike johnson..things have changed…but decisions change accordingly. Something I have had to learn to understand about accountibility…no more getting married to personalities…it’s either a good action or it’s not. this isn’t baseball and hope they win next year. he is the effing speaker…that’s power like no other in congress.)
this is solely my opinion
God Bless America
And once April 19, 2024 comes and President Trump is winning the nomination the 702 will certainly be renewed by Democrats, Uniparty and RINOs with help from the Speaker! JMO
Wasn’t an amendment also made to the NDAA to restore funding to Ecohealth Alliance, which Congress voted to defund?
Ecohealth funds Metabiota as a subcontractor. Metabiota is a RSTP investment.
Still supporting Johnson?
Beam in the eye.
McLeader, stealing that.
I recall when Clinton got into office, and one of the first things he did was get the FBI files on everyone in office and a number of others. A brilliant move to hold everyone by the nuts, and twist enough to get them to go along. I found it amazing that Newt Gingrich was able to do as much as he was able to do, given the exposure so many of them had from their files. Then again, maybe more people were more clean than today.
I see most elected leaders compromising themselves in a manner that will destroy them if exposed. And they’re too fearful to face the music, and so they dance along with it.
Gingrich sold us out with NAFTA.
Treeper Colkitto regularly exposes Gingrich’s betrayals on PP almost daily.
Not real sure what difference it makes to the evil trash buried through out the US government whether 702 was approved or not. This degree of evil waste couldn’t care less about laws, the constitution or anything else. Can anyone list anything this garbage hasn’t done and got away with?
I have been thinking the same thing. They don’t follow rules and nothing happens. And often they don’t even try to hide it. How do we beat that???
Naive to assume it ever ended or will end April 19.
Dammit! Someone reading CTH should be able to get to Johnson and provide him this information. Throw a damn wrench in the works at least by allowing extension not to April but to the end of January (that is, if nothing else will work). These Republicans have an unlimited capacity to disappoint. They act like a bunch of rubes.
They are acting like conductors on the train to h-.
It doesn’t matter where the train is going, as long as you are on it.
– The Polar Express
Johnson is twisting in the Uniparty wind. He’s got pressure beyond his ability to resist, via either blackmail, direct threats or who knows what. MTG comes out guns blazing mad…this just a day or two after her interview with Tucker Carlson, when she said Mike is a good man who is getting hammered from all directions. Well, he’s weak and unworthy to carry conservative ideals even one yard down the field. Folds like a lawn chair.
My biggest beef with Johnson is that he is too much of a liability when it comes to an ART V convention! He and many more do not understand the dangers of a convention.. it can be abolished or re written. And there are many pre written constitutions sitting on the shelf that call for NO state ratification or much fewer states. They make lawful the unconstitutional “acts” they have written for years—massive powers for the federal government.vand many infringements on the secomf and fourth amendments. And you will not like what comes out of it. But by then it will be too late to change it. James Madison said he “trembled” at the thought og another convention in his letter to Tuberville. You can read what he said in the Federalist Papers.
Conventions are NOT a danger….they are a last line of defense when you get a government in the mess we’re in…the very case in point one is needed. You should be glad there is one more constitutional mechanism the founders foresaw we needed. Madison was just wrong.
Madison was not wrong.
Our Constitution does not need to be re-written. It only needs to be followed.
An Article V convention would mean the death of our Constitutional Republic, as The Constitution would be opened to demonic purpose and forever ruined.
The only people calling for an Article V are the ones who want further control over Americans.
They are lying if they say anything different.
Not true! You a John Birch Society shill.
I used to think that a few new amendments to the Constitution might be a way to rein in the government. But now I see the futility of that approach. The Constitution we have now is nearly perfect, there’s no point in changing it.
The problem is that the Constitution has proven to be about as effective at limiting the powers of government as gun laws are at keeping guns from criminals. For the same reason, too: criminals don’t care about the law.
I see the hole you crawled out of. You do not fool me.
Mark Levin and Ted Cruz are huge sponsors of Article 5 convention of States. That right there is enough for me to oppose it.
ROFLOL!!! Thanks Whoever you are, but I’ll go with the opinion of a Founding Father!
Well the opinion of many of the Founders including Madison supported Article V amendment process.
I had dinner with a couple of women who were trial delegates to the mockup COS, to see how secure it was against that kind of concern.
They said it was secure, could never be hijacked. I told them that it had ALREADY HAPPENED AT THE PHILADELPHIA MEETING!
The vile big-govt Federalists like Hamilton, et al, hijacked the meeting to amend the Articles of Confederation, and turned it into the Constitutional Convention!
They didn’t know. Weren’t willing to learn, either.
The constitutional convention of 1787 was not hijacked. The delegates were following their commissions. https://content.stagecos.com/cosaction-prod/dkrwebapp/public/content/files/3672/Conventional_Disinformation.pdf?1688146727
Madison supported the Article V amendment process, see federalist # 43. His concern was a GENERAL convention, as the ink was barely dry on on the new constitution in 1788.
“Weak and unworthy” are the only two requirements for a Republican Speaker.
If you’re praising that redneck blond Bimbo, “you’ve got to be kidding.” Did you forget her role in running around moon-eyed and sniffing McCarthy like a dog in heat? Did you forget the ridiculous lies she told claiming that if
if they didn’t elect her crush McCarthy, we would get a Democrat speaker (as if) and her vicious criticism of Gaetz and the heroic hood outs who knew McCarthy was a lying RINO Uniparty dog. She’s cheered on McCarthy who has turned out worse than we could have imagined. No thank you. MTG is also a 💩.
Please Admin, take out this disgusting dirty, lying Glee- TROLL!
Does anyone think he doesn’t know this already? If not, he isn’t paying attention. More likely he is no different than the corrupt traitors swimming in the sewage.
He should have known that “dealing in secret” crap stinks to high heaven! The Bible us to avoid even the smallest appearance of evil, so as to avoid bringing reproach on the name of Christ.
What’s so hard to understand about that??
Johnson KNOWS BETTER!
You are too kind.
Maybe that somebody should be you SD.
I would assume after these many years any number of Trumps people have read your information and taken it to heart.
I would be more than shocked if you dont directly know, through other contacts, some of these people personally.
You have been in front of the Jan 6 Radical Dems, you must have had some or met some contacts close to him.
If there is anyone who could inform him, and open his eyes on many subjects, it would be you.
Your inside knowledge of the silos and how so many of these Congress critters, seem to be oblivious?
You yourself would be the man Id want to speak to.
That is my personal opinion. I’ve learned so much from your words, it is a gift you have like no other I’ve seen. You’ve opened my eyes. For that I thank you. I cannot un-see the strings, and see the men behind the curtain.
If I were him, or you, Id want to talk to a man deep in the weeds, and how it all ties together.
Team Trump could certainly use a man with you dissecting talents.
Heck Id vote for you for President or any office you’d be interested in. Pretty sure most of us who have come here for a long time would!
I guess it boils down to your wants and what you want for your future. You have a lot of intel to pass on, and an IQ well above the average Joe.
I give thank to my God for having people with the set of stones you possess. We need many, many like you if we are to survive this onslaught from the Communist’s.
Im sure im not alone!
Do eeeet!
No Bob your not alone. be well stay strong and PRAY
R.D.
While your suggestion has merit. Perhaps you are not considering that the “2 steps”/”2 skips” or what ever the 2 “hops” might mean from the “Primary target” of the 702 surveillance, for anyone, including SD, to be within that “Connection” distance of someone being surveilled.
Basically I think how this 702 BS works is, that any person involved in those 2 “connections” would become “involved” and also be surveiled.
If someone caught up in those 2 connections is considered to be “involved”, then they also will have their own surveilance & thus another “2 steps/skips/hops” would be added on/to them as well.
Not a good thing.
Better to be the one, (as it seems to be now) who can say what they have for an “opinion”, and hope ( or steer, or have others steer seemingly “anonymously”.) to those who one wishes to have that opinion shared with, rather than to become part of the “targeting”, by getting put into those “connections”.
I reckon it helps to have a bit of, “distance”, or some might say, “deniability” and stay out of those “2 steps/skips/hops” connections, while still, “Perhaps”, offering up what could be considered a “different Take” to possibly be considered by those who might wish to have someone offer up a well thought out, “different” point of view. A “Take” that could be helpful if thought out well enough.
Hahahaha … Geeez, I just tried really hard to get a point across and still obfuscate just a little bit.
I hope I was understood.
😉
GOD Bless us all~!
Kind of like “Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?“
While in theory you have a point, you’re assuming FISA follows some sort of guidelines that require legitimacy of a link to an actual person under investigation (regardless of the case cause being real or imagined).
I’d also be shocked if SD doesn’t consider he’s been under surveillance for a lot of years in his own right. Not to say that he should be, nor a valid or lawful reason to have ever been so.
I assure you the FISC/NSA system is abused to spy on countless private American citizens. And there are no safeguards in place to prevent or stop this.
If we are being realistic, every single one of us who posts here is already under surveillance.
Speaking for myself, I could care less. I’m just a normal guy, who owns no weapons or anything that could hurt these demons in charge. They would be pretty bored looking at my life. Retired and pretty much a homebody. The only thing I’m guilty of is spewing wrong think.
The only thing I possess that they wouldn’t like, is a mind that cannot be controlled, and a mouth that cant be shut. For now…..
It would be silly for any of us to think that we haven’t been looked at, anyways…For sure. When we speak about the things we do here at CTH.
I think we’re rapidly approaching the point where spewing wrong think is exactly what they’re looking for. Maybe we’re already there.
Bravo, Bob. SD also has WISDOM, in spades. The finest patriot political mind I’ve ever seen. A rare combination.
At this point, if 702 ended, do we really think that the FBI/Deep State folks are just going to stop spying on Trump and/or anyone else they deem worthy?
The USG quit operating within the constraints of our laws/constitution a long time ago.
The 5-eyes would do the spying.
“If this all goes South, we’ll close down Blackbriar, tie it around Landys neck, and start it up again.”
Look what just got passed in the house recently? An act to allow for kill switches in cars, and audio/video surveillance there as well. How the heck was this allowed to pass?
Horrible technology being mandated in violation of 4th Amendment rights.
Going old-fashioned isn’t a bad idea, even for other than attire!
My son has long maintained that any vehicle newer than mid-1990s has too much intrusive tech in it. He has several vehicles, all from the late ’70 thru early ’90s.
Lucky guy.
it would then become a criminal violation…it’s a non trivial consequence. basicallly,if the secret police spy state did the same kinds of violations that the FBI HAS ADMITTED TO (over 280,000 unlawful searches in 2022 alone!), then the agent and contractor would be indicted for a federal crime. Remember, in it’s existing form the 702 is schemed to not make these “errors” a crime..they are regarded solely as “errors”…mispractices. Reforms to 702 (that are truly effective…read the one proposed by the ACLU for instance), means these cannot be considered errors ..but as violations of criminal statute.
so basically, sure if the secret police spy state wants to spy and ignore reforms they most certainly can..and that invites the very real prospect of criminal indictments…and not just with DOJ (which we know will probably never do a charge), but with state prosecutors, civil defense lawyers, suits and claims..
and there would be a heightened activity of whistleblowers too I would imagine. Someone inside the FBI for instance might have a reason to blow the lid off if they saw someone actively breaking the law (thieves and scoundrels are not loyal to each other!)
reforms must happen or this country is going to continue to be under the jackboot of people who are corrupt.
Bingo
Meanwhile, back at the House Intelligence Committee yesterday, any amendment even close to the the reforms you mention was of course voted down. And afterwards the committee voted unanimously to advance the bill to the full house for a vote for continuing the FISA Act and 702 provisions in full,current state.
Rep. Crenshaw of course leading the cheer leading pack of how needed/necessary it is to fight terrorists and did not affect or apply to citizens here in the US–“only evil foreign terrorists abroad”!
I do not consider him even worthy of SPIT!
the fbi director calls these violations, non-compliance.
it’s devil talk. it attempts to broadly generalize criminal activity…even in the current 702, one could easily make the argument these “non-compliance” or “errors” are in fact criminal in nature.
but then, we are back to the central question: who prosecutes the FBI, CIA, DOD, StateDept, Homeland, DOJ, and their army of contractors?
congress can’t do that. they have refused to apply constitutional powers to create INDEPENDENT COUNSEL, and PREFER to allow DOJ to SELECT (and thus control) special counsels.
how is that working out>
see the problem?
the FULL problem.
it the central part of the entire issue….who would prosecute any of these agencies even if the reforms went so far as to technically abolish the power of the secret police spy state to spy without a warrant?
who even bothers to watch for illegal activity.
right now, it’s completely self reporting by the FBI (and we must assume there are no forthright with the real criminal violations)…and when they expose the spying and leak it to the press…or the rarest of occassions when lawsuits happen or FOIA actions lead to public discovery…AND I EMPHASIZE PUBLIC DISCOVERY..you know the quadruple rainbow that never happens unless you star at the sun for 5 hours straight.
reforms will help fix the problem, but NO ONE in their right mind believes corruptors will not quit or give it up. So we make them outlaws and start going after them as enemies of the state. which they have always been. But we now have law on our side and they do not.
God Bless America
Just sent to Truth Social 🙏🏻🇺🇸
The FISA court is just a rubber stamp. The country is over!
Its a pattern that has happen throughout history, just prepare for the worst. And congress has been a rubber stamp for long time and to far gone for them to change. They sold their souls to the devil. May they parish in the lake of fire!
When you see them bow their heads in prayer, ask yourself before you praise them, who are they praying too?
Do you mean perish instead of parish?
We know it is a typo.
Probably.
At my age all things are possible.
Brilliant analysis 👏 !
I’d be willing to bet that the DOJ would be spying on Pres. Trump with or without the fisa- 702 permitted. They’re accountable to no one.
April 19 is Patriot’s Day. The battle of Lexington and Concord in 1775. Just sayin’, Wolverines.
April 19th was also the last day of the Branch Davidian standoff in Waco; and, the day before Hitler’s birthday (20 April).
That day has a very checkered history both in this country & in Canada, especially in the last 30 years. Knowing this lot, there may well be something to that.
I have found this to be true personally, also.
Could Trump and team have a group of a number of people who they only contact face to face then with these there could be electronic contact around but with Trump main team it’s face to face. Basically, electronics dead end with them and nothing happens?
Or maybe use HAM radio…….. 😜
I mean Trump is having campaign stops everywhere………..
And before every rally he meets face to face with a great many people, RSBN has talked about this.
OSAMA was said to communicate through couriers that only communicated verbally.
Analog works,..
Because Obama knew they were all spying. Even before being President. TPTB warned him and he took the program to an even higher level of corruption.
there’s also laser interferometry, where they can reflect off windowpanes and obtain conversations happening in the room
Laser interferometry would be useful to a degree for eavesdropping. The gain is undoubtedly improved somewhat since the height of the Cold War.
Interesting fact, back when the new at the time Soviet Embassy was built, all the windows I think that were added to the south face of the building were installed with a sort of prism looking spot on a corner. One designed to facilitate the eavesdropping via acoustic vibrations within the room with one of those lasers pointed on that spot.
Effectiveness varies by glass type & # of panes. This tech. was first shown to the public in 1994 movie “Clear & Present Danger”, which was based on Clancy’s 1989 book with the same title.
And might the technology have improved a wee bit since the 80’s?
One would assume it has improved over 30 years, although IDK the specifics.
Perhaps Trump supporters in the govt and military are using these same lax surveillance laws to their own benefit as well to track who is trying to take him out as he goes through the primary season.
Possibly, but I would imagine with the current IC and DOJ regimes controlling the access that Trump supporters would be denied access and then placed under surveillance themselves.
“ It’s one thing to have American citizen Donald Trump under title-1 surveillance, it is another thing entirely to have the opposing candidate to the current administration under legally authorized surveillance by the DOJ-NSD.”
They had a sitting President under surveillance, likely stole the election and are trying to jail him right now. I think they have already crossed all the red lines and even if Trump wins there is no evidence to show that they won’t continue. They have already won as no one has been prosecuted. Even when they lose they remain in control. How will it change or be any different from last time?
When Germany fell under the control of fascists, it took an invasion by foreign countries to free them.
There is no foreign country to save America.
I don’t agree with you often, but I agree this time with your latest comment.
There is no cavalry comng in to rescue anyone here, for us in the U.S..
It is up to us to save ourselves.
MAGA is a chore we will have to accomplish on our own.
GOD bless~!
Yeah, it is similar to trying to imagine the rest of the NATO countries having the desire, fortitude, or ability to effectively come to America’s defense if we are ever attacked.
ROFLOL!!!
Just our Patriot friends up north, and that wouldn’t be enough!
The ONLY one to save us, is God Himself. We need to up our fasting and Rosaries!!!
If I understood Donald Trump’s interview/s if he gets the chance, he will extract what we would call justice on those who have wronged him. He’s not looking for what others call revenge, but, if it happens…..
Attention passengers. This is your Captain speaking. This has only been a simulation. You have not really been transported to Germany sometime in the late 1930’s.
I’m sorry. The flight engineer just informed me this is the real thing. He said something about a Deep State Putsch and an FBI time vortex and a FISA worm hole. He has also informed me that we are now out of fuel.
I am interested to know how many actual terrorists they managed to arrest and crimes they have prevented because of the dragnet surveillance.
My guess is you can count them on one hand? Wondering if there’s any official sources.
Dont include the guy(s) that have been arrested and put in jail for making memes about Hillary on the Internet. 😀
And if dragnet surveillance is so successful, why do we still have shootouts at schools, gas stations, angry spouses killing eachother etc.
If you do the research, it becomes obvious.
In order to generate a NARRATIVE that the 702 search capability was “keeping us safe” the FBI set up Confidential Informants that they had incriminating material on, in “the muslim community” say runs a Bodega and they caught him in food stamp scam, or he owes IRS, or wife/relative can be deported,…whatever.
They then pressure/threaten them to FIND and entrap someone they can frame as a Terrorist.
The FBI hasn’t run any entrapment of muslims that I know of only on MAGA supporters of President Trump! For muslims on the FBI Terror Watch List they usually let them commit a terrorist act aka killing Americans before taking any action! JMO
“Sorry, we can not supply that information due to National Security issues and the sensitivity of the matter.”
3.4 million! That’s 85 contractors working 250 eight hour days doing 20 searches an hour. That allows for time to get instructions, do the searches, review the results, put together reports, and then after the fact come up with the connections needed to justify searching on those persons with the juiciest results.
170,000 hours at $300/hr is north of $50 million for just the search contract costs.
Someone’s happy.
Right and I read some where a few days ago that censorship on the internet is a booming business, its not just about censorship.
Oh goody, more eyeballs checking up on my Catholicity. In April, enough RINOs will have “retired” to give the majority in the House back to the Democrats.
You really DON’T GET IT!
It does not matter, one bit if the House, or Senate for that matter, has an R or D majority, so long as it has a UNIPARTY majority.
Its the illusion of choice; they manipulate elections to insure that the voters choice in the general election is between Uniparty-R or Uniparty-D, so that whichever candidate wins doesn’t matter, the Uniparty always wins.
The Uniparty has been in continuous control of the House, and Senate for many, many years the cosmetic change of “Majorities” is as inconsequential as an underwear change.
So PULEASE! QUIT bemoaning how the R’s are obviously handing control of the House over to the D’s; the changing of the Guard means NOTHING.
These criminals need to hang.
We had our chance, on J6 when they had very small LEO presence, in relation to OUR presence.
If we had intended what they accuse, we could have hung them all from the Capital rotunda bannister.
Or, tarred and feathered them on the Capital portico, and live-streamed it…
But WE don’t do such things,…WE follow the law.
Add in a little “draw and quarter”, shall we?
Lemme see, my memory is getting pretty rusty, but HOW many GOVERNMENT people where fired, prosecuted, WHEN TO JAIL for the FISA abuse?
Anyone? For ALL OF THAT CRIME, the abuse of citizen’s Constitutional rights by Democrats (i.e. nearly all those 10,000 government employees conducting illegal searches are Democrats, with perhaps the occasional “Never Trump” RINO mixed in), who went to jail? No one? Then, that guarantees these crimes have continued, and will never stop.
The problem with “the citiens vs Communist Democrat lawfare”, is that there’s never a penalty when “lawfare” violates the law. NEVER. To put it in Alinsky’s terms (Rules for Radicals):
” A good tactic is one your people enjoy. “If your people aren’t having a ball doing it, there is something very wrong with the tactic.”
Damn if these authortarian socialists don’t get a kick out of breaking the law, violating the Constitution, getting rich doing it, breaking and destroying their “deplorables” enemy’s lives, while having an absolute BALL doing so.
There’s a solution, but it’s kinda … uhh … off book, not mentionable in polite society. The great thing about it though, is it’s consistent with human nature. Meaning if a bully beats on someone else long enough, has just a BALL doing it all day long, every day, the result ISN’T always submission and compliance. Sometimes the meek do … um … inherit the earth, and the bullies go six feet under it. (Just saying, talking about historical realities, it’s not some violent bloodlust, Kane@CFP, I swear it!)
That’s about all we can do. Citizen justice.
Time for a NEW SPEAKER Gaetz. Do you have the guts to pull the trigger?
yeah, dunno ’bout that
Democrats are 2 votes closer to electing their OWN damn Speaker, aren’t they?
Yep. By design and as a hedge against any more such uproars.
Dumbass Republicans walked right into the trap.
Republicans didn’t walk into the “trap.” It’s not a trap- it’s a feature. They know what they are doing by ejecting Santos but not handling the fire alarm idiot, AOC, Schiff, Mendez, and many others who have already been found guilty of things.
But those people are Uniparty and vote accordingly. Santos voted MAGA. Boom was fixed and will shortly be replaced by a raging NY Dem.
Same with McCarthy- he’s walking away so a Cali democrat can replace him.
It’s on purpose, not a trap.
Can you count votes, for God’s sake?? Think beyond the trigger. Geez.
We need God’s help and protection now more than ever. Please do not use His name in vain. Thank you.
Lets look at it from the flip side; why ONLY thru April 2024.
Since they are renewing/continueing the program, ignoring those who object to it, why not just a ‘clean’ renewal?
Indications are that even though the RNC is continueing with its farcical debates/primaries, and even though the Court cases against PDJT are continueing, there is a recognition by our enemies, and so preparation for the possibility PDJT may be declared the winner in 2024 election.
For instance, blatantly obvious moves to insure the Republicants are not in the majority, after the election in order to set up the Demoncrats to impeach.
My point is, their nightmare must be PDJT being in the Oval, and using this 702 about search ‘tool’ that THEY have already weoponised, and just turning it on THEM.
You just KNOW there are communications on conspiring to steal elections, implement covid and lord knows WHAT else, just SITTING in that NSA Database, waiting for investigators to find.
Co-ordination between PROSECUTORS for the lawfare attacks against PDJT….arranging the J6 police actions,…..
So, a good reason to NOT extend it into 2025, without a chance to see how the election shakes out,…first.
Thanks Dutch. Never thought of that, but I’m only on the bottom branch!
The new Speaker is a disaster. How could he be even worse than Kevin? But he seems to be a total wimp folding on everything. So so disappointing.
^^^^^^
Sundance, you have a very good point being made here about Trump being under surveillance himself. But the question that begs being asked now (and should have greater weight) is “IS the Trump surveillance warranted?” Just because someone opened an “investigation” (cough, witch hunt), doesn’t mean that continued improper surveillance should continue.
Likewise, I’d like to throw out another possibility (both good and bad): There’s an event that will happen between now and then. And there’s fear that cutting off the surveillance powers will allow it to be missed. And so it’s allowed to continue. I fear that it will continue anyway, and in the meantime it will continue to be weaponized. It’s increasingly being used to go after political and religious enemies, and increase the censorship that is occurring.
I also fear that in allowing for such an event to happen, it will literally be a blank check to continue the surveillance powers.
In other words, “We’re gonna blow something up and people will be begging for surveillance to keep going.”
Why on ANY grounds would the new Speaker agree to this extension. Why extend illegal warrants? Why?Why?Why? Is even the “Christian” a patsy for the Deep State?
Christian? ROFLOL!!!
They chose a very interesting date: April 19.
The beginning of the Revolutionary War, the Oklahoma City bombing, the DOJ massacre at Waco, the Boston Marathon Bombing, and more.
https://www.thepeoplehistory.com/april19th.html
It appears that theirown sense of relevancy, their own reason for existing, their own motivation for getting up every day, their funding, their friendships, their dinner parties, their appointment books, their corporate relationships, their political plans, their hatred of our nation, and their self-condemnation by all of their pronouncements and declarations is all completely dependent on the life of and their hatred of POTUS Donald John Trump.
If he did not exist, they would not have air to breathe. They live to hate him and everyone he represents (that’s where we come in). They didn’t see him coming in 2015. And they had no idea that we were all out here.
They had no grasp of the reality of normal Americans who smell the rot. The tea parties beginning in 2009 scared them and irritated them; even offended them. Then they mocked his ride down the elevator. They laughed it all off–until they didn’t.
They’re not laughing now. Now they they are panicked. They are furious. Heads will roll within their own associations with one another as they look for someone to blame.
Without a target to hate, they have no relevancy.
Without a house to destroy, they have no goal.
Without a Republic to bury, they have no purpose.
They are under unendurable pressure, the political version of the Titan submersible.
It truly is a shame that those in power have sunk so low. I have seen many aging people in business, home , and in the neighborhood become lost in life. They need to leave a mark, to be lauded by others. Grasping at false hopes, often they create policies to be visible, not to help
I truly pity them and try to pray for them.
The earth is not our true home. Heaven is. Christ unlocked the door, and it’s up to us to walk through—or not. Our choice. He gave us all we need to attain heaven. Simple? Yes. Easy? No.
All people (and all living things) die. You can’t take power, fame, or money with you upon your death, so make your life count with God.
January 21, 2025 – Trump must order the Air Force to bomb that NSA data center in Utah into the bedrock.
there is another possible reason…and it’s a weird and strange one.
but before I get to it, let me just say this.
Mike Johnson IS NOT SHOWING LEADERSHIP AND THE HOUSE SHOULD BEGIN DEBATE TO OUST HIM>>PERIOD>>>END OF STORY> WHY?
The MOST important congressional vote for the entire year IS THE 702 reauthorization/reform. Congress has had the entire year to get it’s shit together. Kicking this down the road is unacceptable. Number 2, mccarthy was seated on the condition that he would not block single issue votes. He was ousted for blocking single issue votes. IT IS THE SAME THING WITH JOHNSON. So what the eff happened? 702 of all the possible issues deserves to be treated as a single vote issue. Noting: there are 4 reform bills that have been submitted to congress. These are all mature and ready to go and to have debates. None of them have been debated …all have been discussed presumably in secret back door “discussion”…that is not the debate clause agreements upon which the house conditioned the seating of mccarthy and certainly this applies to johnson and any speaker going forward. One of the reforms comes from the secret police spy state. It’s awful as you can imagine. Of the three that have been submitted, one comes from aclu and surprisingly it is probably the best of the other three! who knew! Seriously solid reform. No more NSA hoover sweeps, so the IC cannot use the legal argument that the data is already in government possession. That’s the best one so far. Additionally, requires a federal court warrant on probable cause and evidence that can be corroborated…no more “confidence assessments” to specious claim suspicions and rubber stamps. The other two are from senate (it’s just as awful as the secret police spy state…it does not reform the nsa collection in the first place and it creates some ALSO SECRETIVE watch dog, which is lipstick on a pig). The other reform proposal comes from the house and it looks like it is some kind of compromise. NSA still collects, but secret police spy state cannot use it unless it can claim 1) national security interest 2) foreign terror threat, explicitly.
summary: only the aclu reform proposal is a serious reform. This returns the 702 back to it’s stated purpose…foreign terror collection and spying. And that IF a us citizen on us soil contacts a terror target (foreign), then and only then may NSA allows the collection to be shared…and ONLY when a warrant by a federal judge is authorized. This is a big deal and a proper change…this means the FISC only deals with warrant applications for foreign targets only. non us citizens! Any us citizen on us soil will be protected with normal constitutional provisions and no secret police spy state loopholes.
now to the date/action:
congress has until next friday, 15 Dec to vote. The house and senate will vote on the NDAA on that date…the NDAA includes 702 reauthorization with the 19/24 April (this date is confusing to me) 2024 as the continuation end date.
why 19/24 April 2024. ?
I read quite a number of articles and this one stood out to help explain the April date. Here is the link and the excerpt:
spoiler: the author is PRO secret police spy state, but set that aside to get to the excerpt
https://www.thecipherbrief.com/column_article/702-is-the-spy-tool-that-americans-need-now
“There also is the idea that the 702 program may technically continue for another six months, without Congress acting by December 31, because the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court in April 2023, certified its current operations to continue in effect for a full year, i.e. until April 2024.”
so, basically, this is stating that the FISC”certified” it’s own timeline for continuation ALREADY! (certified is a regulation speak that means it has announced to congress it’s intentions and has thus received funding and approval! )
from this, my speculation/theory is that congress has already approved the extension with no reforms in secret and has been gaslighting the public at least for the last year about “possible reforms”…if congress was truly expecting to reform 702, it would not have allowed FISC to certify.
I am not having a good week. This entire charade has gone on for far too long.
not a single damned press will take up the issue. IT IS THE MOST PRESSING ISSUE OF ANY CONSITUTIONAL MATTER FOR CONGRESS TO ADDRESS.
I really hate to say this..I hate it because Mike Johnson is a good man. But he has to go. Like yesterday. There is no way, he was not aware of this. And there is no way he would not understand how important it was to be 100 percent transparent about the agenda. Allowing 702 to be a part of the NDAA and kicking it to April is a violation of agreements. If his ouster pushes the 702 program issue into sunlight…maybe that is what it takes to get attention and get MAGA BACK IN ACTION IN CONGRESS.
I have called on higgins and jefferson to take leadership on this issue and start showing some backbone and take some political risk. These are my reps. I’ll make every effort to get them kicked out too if they don’t start taking this seriously.
God Bless America
There isn’t a single member of congress that isn’t corrupt in some way.
Not one.
No one is getting rid of Mike Johnson, he is merely a stealth version of McCarthy.
The one thing that unites ALL of the uniparty is the idea of stopping MAGA in its tracks. Fisa 702 is their tool to do so.
In a parallel boat:
1. Where are the thousands of Peter Strzok – Lisa Page text messages we were promised?
2. Would a VPN – Virtual Private Network – block some spying?
3. John McEntee was named Director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office in PDJTs last year in office. He hired lots of young, attractive pro-Trump staffers. His resume is thin.
Please tell me somebody is lining up solid, vetted Conservatives and MAGA types to support a potential 2nd presidency. Better than McEntee, Roger Stone, Rudy Giuliani, etc.
1. I don’t know…no one knows except for the secret police spy state
3.I don’t know him. But I agree generally that TEAM TRUMP should be proven fighters and long loyal to MAG/American First.
2.A VPN will NOT block spying. It is NOT possible to block spying…not under usa patriot, not under 702, not under title 1 surveillance/title 2 USA FREEDOM ACTsurveillance/any presidential EO/those national sec powers that the NSA has BEEN DELEGATED. Does anyone really believe that VPN companies do not have national security letters from USG/NSA? it would be the highest priority to do so. Just assume as a general practice that ANYTHING that is transmitted electronically, can be hoovered. My understanding is that VPN’s really just give you access to content that is blocked by region and dcma and will hide your internet activity from your ISP. But what it cannot do, is provide black hole coatings to your activity is someone is really interested in seeing it. (also noting: the host server you are connected to (multiple), but also participate and achieve the same level of TLS encryption, otherwise IP masking really doesn’t do anything.other than give you the illusion of security/privacy.
rule 1 of internet secrecy: it’s never secure against the secret police spy state.
so become an outlaw and join the rest of us. Just understand who you are up against if you decide to be not smart about what you discuss and intentions.
Everyone was raving about a Christian speaker, and even now Bannon keeps touting that he is a good guy. I say to Bannon and all those raving about him. Would Crist hide a bill detrimental to the people in another bill ? How Christian is he really. I was skeptical of him from day one.
I hate being right.
This is why the “2024 Constitutional Republic Mandate” must be included as a plank in President Trump’s platform.
The unconstitutional administrative-state weeds strangling our Constitution must be pulled out by their roots, once and for all.
It has reached a state that Thomas Jefferson referred to:
Thomas Jefferson wrote:
“A strict observance of the written law is doubtless one of the high duties of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The laws of necessity, of self-preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation. To lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to the written law, would be to lose the law itself, with life, liberty, property and all those who are enjoying them with us; thus absurdly sacrificing the ends to the means.” 1,2
footnotes:
^ Jefferson, Writings (Washington Ed. of 1853), vol. 5, p. 542.^ Brest, Paul; Sanford Levinson; Jack M. Balkin; Akhil Reed Amar; Reva B. Seigel (2006). Processes of Constitutional Decisionmaking: Cases and Materials (Print) (6th ed.). New York: Aspen. pp. 65–67. ISBN 978-0735550629.
Thomas Jefferson knew that at some point in the future, traitors would take over the functions of the federal government.
Their faux legal actions/rulings/laws don’t require a strict adherence to them, but there must be strict adherence to the original Constitution + amendments, aka The “2024 Constitutional Republic Mandate.”
“Let’s go Brandon and the democrats and the GOPe!”
Very simple:
non-compliant= illegal
But then different rules for them.
https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/April-19
Patriots Day
Siege at Waco April 19, 1993
Oklahoma City bombing April 19, 1995
Stand off at Ruby Ridge April 1992
The actual designation of “Section 702” is 50 United States Code 1881 (a). This became a problem under the twin smoke screens of a Presidential campaign (2008) and a banking system panic (2008).
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/50/1881a
Here is some case law involving this backdoor to warrantless domestic electronic spying:
https://privacyinternational.org/blog/1439/guide-fisa-ss1881a-law-behind-it-all
Speaker McJohnson!
“Conservatives privately urged Speaker Mike Johnson to separate the two….”
JOHNSON STRIKES AGAIN!
But, but, but, we should give Johnson a chance.
So, serious question: When have the radical deep state leftists ever followed the law?
It’s not clear that modifying FISA would change anything. As long as those governmental creeps and outside contractors are out there, and they have a node to Skynet, they’ll be nullifying our constitutional rights. If our team had any brains at all they would be continuously running counterintel ops to run these scumbags all over the planet with massive Snipe Hunts. At this point, I’m all in for hiring hundreds, maybe thousands, of 4Chan shut-ins and autists just to take care of DC.
Same with the border. Scream bloody murder then do nothing…illegals keep streaming in by the thousands.
They’re playing the
long gamemedium term game now, just allowing you to pay some of your bills, charge the rest of the stuff, and eat three meals a day, until they can drop the final hammer.Like they really need an excuse to keep spying.
April 19th 1775 was the Battle of Lexington and Concord. April 19th 1993 was the date of the final assault on the Branch Davidians in Waco Texas. April 19th 1995 was the date of the Murrah Federal building in Oklahoma City.
18 U.S. Code Chapter 115 – TREASON, SEDITION, AND SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES
Sorry, Sundance, too many doomsayers on this thread. They sure come out of the woodwork when you hit too close to their dens. It is not healthy for me to read such doomsayers. There’s enough evil afoot without them posting here. It’s just not my day for doom.
Sundance has routinely stated that dealing with uncomfortable truths is part of our present and will be part of our future.
Not everyone gets to choose the days when the discomfort of reality is high. The day before my huband died in early 2014, a dear friend who had been fully aware of his prognosis visited us and wouldn’t shut up about how much better he looked. She was very uncomfortable with his and my acceptance with what was happening, as difficult as it was. I couldn’t wait to get her out of the house. It would have been more comfortable for her if we had not been willing to deal with reality.
Dealing with uncomfortable reality is not everyone’s cup of tea so it was appropriate that she left asap.
Yes, I remember Sundance writing that. I try to read here and see the reality of our surroundings, here and internationally, and many things go over my head in not understanding all this info. But, I force myself to keep reading, and hoping something will stick in my older feminine mind, where it once was filled with Edwardian period films, books about decorating, gardening with flowers, and Haute Couture fashions.
In addition, I really appreciate, although not able to understand much, all the posts from military personnel about strategies, etc. I am glad they are here to share their knowledge and experience, even though I feel more like Florence Nightingale running around putting bandages on the injured soldiers.
Even if these psychopaths eliminate this illegal search of citizens, does anyone believe it will stop them?
We had Assange, Breitbart, Snowden, and now Sundance……….will We ever get in deep enough to undo the damages.? Calm the seas, and follow our destiny written in a now overlooked Constitution, much less God’s Words.
Truth has been taken, misshaped, defaced, and left mistrust, apathy, and shallow social justice in it’s wake.
The problem seems to be that ‘knowing’ is enough to bring likeminded people together, but not to know how to get anything done when Our vote is out of the equation. Taking Our vote has created a monster.
Power of the vote is gone; where do I start change?? Especially when representatives do not represent. The Uniparty has taken both side’s power to maintain a Republic; they made the ‘government’ bigger and nefarious.
God Help US
The continued ‘Acts’ to subvert, subjugate, and use the People will continue while the Uniparty rules. Nefarious is a pretty good word for that…….
“Congress has April 19 to figure out how to reauthorize Section 702, named for its specific section of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.”
Why can’t Congress, DOJ and the IC stay focused and limit the emphasis on Section 702 for ‘Foreign‘ not American citizens. [Look into the 1.7M southern border ‘got-a-ways’ they definitely foreign]