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Brad Lander: “In 2024, when FISA was last reauthorized, a number of…”

Featuring: Brad Lander, Democratic | New York City Comptroller

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Published April 21, 2026 | Video Starts at 00:46

Tell me a little bit about how this got your attention and how you feel about this sort of surreptitious approach to furthering surveillance. Yeah. So In 2024, when FISA was last reauthorized, a number of Democrats, including the one I'm running against, Dan Goldman, voted to allow the federal government to engage in warrantless wiretaps. Joe Biden, but you could see the chance on the horizon that Trump would get reelected. (00:46–00:58)

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Asserts that in 2024, FISA reauthorization allowed warrantless wiretaps with support from some Democrats.

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