cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/15271710

Not a good result. The good amendment to add a warrant requirement failed on a tie vote; bad amendments to expand the scope of warrantless wiretapping passed. Next step: a Senate vote.

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    7 months ago

    What if they never wrote “bin Laden Determined to Strike US” because they didn’t know?

    They got that information before section 702 was a thing. You’re supporting GWB’s wiretapping policy.

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        7 months ago

        The memo gwb ignored before 9/11 was before section 702 existed. 702 didn’t go into effect until 2008.

        If you don’t want me to downvote you, don’t lie in support of a gwb policy.

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            7 months ago

            You don’t understand the program

            I understand that whenever a centrist is dead wrong about something, they pull this gaslighting horseshit.

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                7 months ago

                You pretended that a policy that didn’t exist before 2008 provided the intel Bush ignored before 9/11.

                You don’t understand how linear time works, and have presented no facts.

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                    You pretended that section 702 got us the intel Bush ignored prior to 9/11. It couldn’t have, as it was implemented almost a decade later.

                    You lied.