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Lucylastic -> RE: Fake news and more distractions (1/13/2018 12:26:44 PM)
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https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/fox-news-tricks-president-into-opposing-his-own-bill
This morning the President got confused by a Fox news segment and lashed out at his own FISA reauthorization bill on Twitter.
Here’s a White House statement from last night, opposing an amendment that would restrict intelligence surveillance under FISA.
The Administration strongly opposes the “USA Rights” amendment to the FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act, which the House will consider tomorrow. This amendment would re-establish the walls between intelligence and law enforcement that our country knocked down following the attacks of 9/11 in order to increase information sharing and improve our national security. The Administration urges the House to reject this amendment and preserve the useful role FISA’s Section 702 authority plays in protecting American lives.
After watching Fox and Friends this morning the President tweeted this at 7:33 AM …
Donald J. Trump
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@realDonaldTrump
“House votes on controversial FISA ACT today.” This is the act that may have been used, with the help of the discredited and phony Dossier, to so badly surveil and abuse the Trump Campaign by the previous administration and others?
7:33 AM - Jan 11, 2018
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Two hours later at 9:14 AM, apparently after someone explained to him that he was attacking his own bill, the President tweeted this.
11 Jan
Donald J. Trump
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@realDonaldTrump
“House votes on controversial FISA ACT today.” This is the act that may have been used, with the help of the discredited and phony Dossier, to so badly surveil and abuse the Trump Campaign by the previous administration and others?
Donald J. Trump
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@realDonaldTrump
With that being said, I have personally directed the fix to the unmasking process since taking office and today’s vote is about foreign surveillance of foreign bad guys on foreign land. We need it! Get smart!
9:14 AM - Jan 11, 2018
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There is of course a rather intense debate about whether these powers should exist at all. But President Trump is misstating what the law actually does. More importantly, he just made policy, or temporarily changed his policy without his staff knowing, based on something he watched on Fox and Friends.
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