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FISA: How a Watergate-Era “Reform” Turned into a Mechanism of Massive State Surveillance

FISA: How a Watergate-Era “Reform” Turned into a Mechanism of Massive State Surveillance

Update: 2024-09-04
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The flurry of post-Watergate “reforms” supposedly were passed to counteract government abuse of citizens. Not surprisingly, the FISA program, which was aimed at reducing internal government spying became the means of massive growth of the surveillance state.

Original article: FISA: How a Watergate-Era “Reform” Turned into a Mechanism of Massive State Surveillance

 

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FISA: How a Watergate-Era “Reform” Turned into a Mechanism of Massive State Surveillance

FISA: How a Watergate-Era “Reform” Turned into a Mechanism of Massive State Surveillance

Stephen Anderson