There were 371 FISA warrants signed by the FISC last year. This change would require close to 200K warrants to be signed by the FISC.

The FISC only has 9-11 federal district court judges that rotate on and off.

You’d have to hire A TON of new judges and dramatically expand…

This is also correct. However, since the FBI implemented reforms in 2021 and 2022, “US person queries” dropped by 93%.

The base text of the reauthorization bill negotiated by Judiciary & Intel GOP also includes further reforms.

some points to note:
- warrants are already required to collect intelligence on US citizens
- Section 702 targets foreigners outside the US, who don't have 4th amendment rights
- if investigators see that a suspected foreign terrorist target is communicating with US citizen and…

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The answer is actually incredibly simple. Foreigners living outside the US do not enjoy 4th amendment protections. Warrants are already required for intel collection on US citizens.

Moreover - warrant debate here isn’t even about intel collection. The proposal would impose a…

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