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"Only public outrage and jail sentences will change anything."

Totally agree, unfortunately there are just a hand full of "representatives" in our govt presently who share this perspective and would be willing to actually take actions to punish the perps. The rest are simply part of the problem.

So we are left with this unstoppable train wreck on the fast track to oblivion.

Have a great day!

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The report by Contreras echoes another report 6 years ago by another FISC judge, Rosemary Collyer, which found similar abuses of the 702 query process by FBI and its "contractors" (whose identities were redacted. Trump did nothing about it then, plus ca change....

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Americans' abiding faith in the electoral process is the only thing keeping this tyrannical regime going.

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Another news flash today: Yevgeny Prigozhin announced that Russians now have full control of Bakhmut (Artemovsk).

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“How do you understand the seemingly unchecked growth of this globe-spanning American surveillance apparatus, and how do you understand the danger of that apparatus being turned to domestic political purposes?

There’s always danger inherent in secrecy. And you know secrecy of course is central to intelligence operations. Secrecy most often is used not for the good of the operation, but to safeguard the reputations of those who are running the operations.”

From your post back in 2019 wherein you quote from an interview w Angelo Codevilla: https://meaninginhistory.blogspot.com/2019/10/the-flaws-in-fisa-revisited.html?m=1

AC is quoted in the book, “The Rise of the Surveillance State” by David Samuels

Eye-popping. You’ve done all the hard forensics on this.

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May 20·edited May 20

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/01/obama-expands-surveillance-powers-his-way-out

https://www.lawfareblog.com/obama-administration-releases-long-awaited-new-eo-12333-rules-sharing-raw-signals-intelligence

Obama made sure Trump was trapped as President. It worked.

Never forget this and never forgive.

This EO was created by President Reagan for what’s worth.

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Actually a lot of people want to do that hard work. They will just never get the chance because if they speak up at the school board meeting they get a visit from a government agent. Or like Alex Jones or Roger Stone, or Fox News (Tucker) they get sued to oblivion to shut them up. Like Matt Taibbi, maybe they get a visit from the IRS while they are testifying in Congress. They’re just rubbing our faces in it now. This power will not be easily relinquished. John Kerry says they probably need to start shutting down farms and confiscating the land. Who’s gonna stop them? Ammon Bundy? They want us all dead or enslaved. Better get ready for what’s coming. This fall won’t be pretty.

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