Epstein Secrets

to surveil Uyghurs in Xinjiang." Rand Paul Hits the Brakes on Hawley Push to Ban TikTok The Washington Examiner (03/29, Sivak) reported that Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) blocked a move by Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) to ban TikTok in the United States, citing concerns over censorship and free speech. According to t

se Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland defended the FBI's use of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), arguing that the surveillance apparatus is critical to "fight the Chinese." According to the article, FISA Section 702, a post-9/11 section

ke place on or before next Wednesday and that the Senate will also consider two amendments" — one offered by Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), the other by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY). The AP (7/18, Daly) reports Senate Minority Leader Schumer and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) "said Thursday they had reached an agreement"

the Trump-Russia investigation after the conclusion of Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz's investigation into alleged abuse of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act." Graham, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, "said there are questions he wants to ask former FBI Director James Comey and his deputy Andrew

13, 2014. | | Epst_9780451494566_2p_all_r1.indd 316 @ 9/30/16 8:13AM | | HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019804 Notes to pages 121-129 | 317 119 his son Senator Rand Paul: See Katie Glueck, “Rand Paul Backs Snowden, Bashes Clapper,” Politico, Jan. 5, 2014. 119 “We actually buy cell phones”: Snowden quoted in “New The

mited damage. Snowden did vastly more damage by revealing the PRISM pro- gram, also called “702” because it was authorized in 2008 by Section 7o2 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Its effectiveness proceeded from the misplaced confidence that terrorist organizations in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, and Pakistan had in the encrypti

ing: "Thanks to one man's courageous actions, Americans know about the truly egregious ways their government is spying on them," and his son, Senator Rand Paul, who was a candidate for the Republican Presidential nomination in 2016, calling for a Presidential pardon for Snowden. Senator Paul’s concern fitte

the American public, the NSA had not acted on its own. It had obtained a warrant issued by a secret court established by Congress in 1978 as part of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) for each request for records. Congress empowered the FISA court to hear cases and authorize search warrants in secret in cases involving natio