And that means they can, without a warrant, wiretap and spy on U.S. citizens. And of course, they're just building a bigger and bigger surveillance network. They're allowed to buy private data and, you know, so whether that's like your weather app or your dating app, put it together with these wiretaps and just keep growing the surveillance state. It turned out that as a result of frustration now with what Trump is doing and some libertarian Republicans, they were not able to assemble the votes for a FISA reauthorization. (01:39–01:52)
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Asserts that the government can buy private data from apps to expand surveillance.
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