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Title: Rand Paul puts hold on Trump nominee over surveillance concerns
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The Hill
URL Source: http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/ ... nee-over-surveillance-concerns
Published: Dec 22, 2017
Author: John Bowden
Post Date: 2017-12-23 20:03:46 by Hondo68
Keywords: Section 702 surveillance, provides a backdoor, surveil American citizens
Views: 2979
Comments: 25
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is putting a hold on one of President Trump's picks to the Justice Department over concerns about the nominee's views on warrantless wiretaps and surveillance, The Daily Beast reported.
Paul, who sits on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, has temporarily blocked John Demers's nomination to be assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s National Security Division.
The position is one of three in the Justice Department with the authority to issue Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrants, which allow the government to conduct surveillance on non-American targets outside the United States, even when they communicate with Americans.
So-called Section 702 surveillance, named after the part of FISA authorizing the spy program, has been controversial. Civil libertarians have pushed to reform the law, saying it provides a backdoor for authorities to surveil American citizens.
Demers is currently assistant general counsel at Boeing and has spoken favorably about Section 702 surveillance.
One former National Security Division official told the news service that Demers was “unobjectionable and not particularly partisan,” and stated that officials in the division were relieved to hear Trump had nominated the largely uncontroversial nominee to the post.
Earlier this week, Paul threatened to filibuster any long-term extension of Section 702. Section 702 was set to expire at the end of the year but lawmakers passed a short-term extension in a spending bill.
“I will actively oppose and filibuster any long term extension of warrantless searches of American citizens,” Paul tweeted on Wednesday. (1 image)
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Warrant-less search & seizures? According to some on LF, "this is what makes America Great again!
#10. To: buckeroo, Gatlin, GrandIsland, misterwhite (#1)
Warrant-less search & seizures? According to some on LF, "this is what makes America Great again!
According to the pro-surveillance state contingent here at LF, "if you have done nothing wrong, you have nothing to fear".
#12. To: Deckard (#10)
"if you have done nothing wrong, you have nothing to fear".
I saw that, sometyme ago. I forgot who made that claim but it was one of the most absurd pieces of absolute ca-ca I have ever seen.
#13. To: buckeroo (#12)
I saw that, sometyme ago. I forgot who made that claim but it was one of the most absurd pieces of absolute ca-ca I have ever seen.
#16. To: Deckard, All libetards, cop-haters and government-haters (#13)
Uh huh, I see that your warped low intelligence is presenting another Nazi parallel.
What Roosevelt so wisely said is really true and befitting to all occasions. Yes, it is definitely true that “all you have to fear is fear itself.” And what you libertarians, cop-haters and anti-government (anarchists) do with what you perceive as fear....is to constantly try to spread FEAR itself.
So Stop!
I want you to now memorize a biblical verse. You should already have it committed to memory, but knowing you heathens as well as I do....you probably have never heard it. So, memorize this now:
Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me ~ Psalm 23:4And from this day forward when you see, hear or read anything that has a logical explanation or responsible action, then before you assholes fear-mongers get yourselves all excited and filled with fear to begin intentionally and maliciously spreading fear....you need to pause and to ten times slowly say:
Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me
After that, you will smile and happily go on your way as you quit bothering people....and learn to lead a pleasant life filled with many wonders.
#20. To: Gatlin (#16)
...another Nazi parallel.
If the shoe fits. You and Lady Lindsey are cut from the same totalitarian cloth.
“all you have to fear is fear itself.”
Awareness is not fear. It's you and the other surveillance state worshipers who fear their fellow citizens.
#25. To: Deckard (#20)
Awareness is not fear.
That’s true. But you consistently turn awareness into fear and constantly try to spread it.
You have been doing the same thing for MANY years now.
Tell me exactly how you are worse off today than you were long ago when your started your fear-mongering crusade.
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