Biden Administration 'Worried' 2008 Warrantless Wiretap Spy Law Will Lapse

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The Biden administration is reportedly worried a 2008 spy law permitting warrantless wiretaps will not be renewed by Congress, as lawmakers on both the left and right have expressed privacy concerns.

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The material gathered goes into a database and that surveillance is subject to oversight by a federal court, Congress, the Justice Department and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. The FBI is granted access to only a portion of that database. In this January 18, 2017, file photo, President Barack Obama speaks during his final presidential news conference in the briefing room of the White House in Washington. The law was initially passed in 2008 when the Obama administration was worried about middle east terrorism. Since then, it has been reauthorized twice by Congress with increasingly narrower scopes.

President Joe Biden speaks at an event to celebrate Black History Month, Monday, February 27, 2023, in the East Room of the White House in Washington.

 

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They are worried they will lose the ability to spy on all those 'White Supremacist Domestic Terrorist Trump Voting Republicans' that make up at least half the electorate.

CongressDoNotRenew!

Bout damn time

If it is important, they can take the time to get a warrant.

They will still find ways to spy on their political opponents.

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