{"id":24809,"date":"2023-07-15T05:00:37","date_gmt":"2023-07-15T09:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/?p=24809"},"modified":"2023-07-14T23:58:08","modified_gmt":"2023-07-15T03:58:08","slug":"fisa-reauthorization-the-real-test-of-the-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/15\/fisa-reauthorization-the-real-test-of-the-house\/","title":{"rendered":"FISA Reauthorization &#8211; The Real Test of the House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Want to know whether Republicans have any legitimacy as a conservative entity?\u00a0 The FISA\u00a0 program expires on December 31, 2023.\u00a0 Just wait to see if they reauthorize it or not.\u00a0 The FBI has been documented by the Inspector General for the Justice Department to have abused this program systematically.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;On April 27, Inspector General Michael Horowitz gave a statement before the committee that stressed the need for \u201ctransparency and oversight\u201d to avoid or mitigate the repetition of \u201cmistakes, errors, and abuses.\u201d Horowitz explained that factual accuracy when showing probable cause was a pervasive problem among bureau agents before 2021.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The abuses of the FISA court during the Russia-gate actions proved that partisan elements in the FBI and the Justice Department routinely abused the FISA process at will.<\/p>\n<p>Why would the Republican House renew it?\u00a0 The only reason possible would be cowardice.\u00a0 They fear that if they allow it to lapse the Deep State will allow a foreign government to launch an attack on the US homeland and then blame the Congress for the attack.\u00a0 But if that&#8217;s the case then nothing will ever get fixed in our system and the intelligence agencies will have free rein to spy on us and persecute anyone that speaks against them.\u00a0 From my point of view, this reauthorization deadline is the acid test of whether there is any hope of ever reining these people in.<\/p>\n<p>Put it on your calendar and on January 1st see whether our conservative warriors stood their ground or caved in.\u00a0 I&#8217;m dying to know.\u00a0 And if they fail it just confirms what all of the &#8220;conspiracy theorists&#8221; have been saying all along, that the FBI controls the Congress and not vice versa.<\/p>\n<p>Mark the date.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">DEFUND THE CORRUPT FBI. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CorruptFBI?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CorruptFBI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>FISA Reauthorization Will Be Contentious. Again.  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CwY5HfLky8\">https:\/\/t.co\/CwY5HfLky8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Daniel Huffman (@huff50501) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/huff50501\/status\/1679936164973690892?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 14, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to know whether Republicans have any legitimacy as a conservative entity?\u00a0 The FISA\u00a0 program expires on December 31, 2023.\u00a0 Just wait to see if<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[535,1873,2885,4183,2927],"class_list":["post-24809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-events","tag-fbi","tag-fisa","tag-kevin-mccarthy","tag-republican-house","tag-uniparty"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>FISA Reauthorization - The Real Test of the House - Orion&#039;s Cold Fire<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/15\/fisa-reauthorization-the-real-test-of-the-house\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FISA Reauthorization - The Real Test of the House - Orion&#039;s Cold Fire\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Want to know whether Republicans have any legitimacy as a conservative entity?\u00a0 The FISA\u00a0 program expires on December 31, 2023.\u00a0 Just wait to see if\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/15\/fisa-reauthorization-the-real-test-of-the-house\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Orion&#039;s Cold Fire\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-07-15T09:00:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-07-15T03:58:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"photog\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@orionscoldfire\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@orionscoldfire\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"photog\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/15\/fisa-reauthorization-the-real-test-of-the-house\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/15\/fisa-reauthorization-the-real-test-of-the-house\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"photog\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d11e80f83f3825ce9fe38a5303eb64d3\"},\"headline\":\"FISA Reauthorization &#8211; 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