Surveillance

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, are seen.

Beltway Confidential

House passes weak FISA ‘reform’ bill that still lets government spy on citizens

Jack Hunter · March 11, 2020 9:31 pm

National Security

Trump rejects extension of surveillance law without FISA reforms in meeting with Republicans

Zach Halaschak · March 4, 2020 3:07 am

President Donald Trump moves from the podium to allow Attorney General William Barr to speak about the coronavirus in the James Brady Briefing Room, Monday, March 23, 2020, in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

Bush kicked off modern mass surveillance, Obama expanded it, will Trump end it?

Jack Hunter · February 28, 2020 6:17 pm

Attorney General William Barr is sworn in to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 1, 2019, on the Mueller Report.

Beltway Confidential

Don’t trust William Barr to reform unconstitutional FISA surveillance

Jack Hunter · February 27, 2020 5:00 am

Republicans and attorney general huddle privately on surveillance reform

Susan Ferrechio · February 25, 2020 4:18 pm

President Donald Trump speaks at a luncheon with members of the United Nations Security Council in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019.

Trump said he’d like to abolish FISA: Report

Caitlin Yilek · February 24, 2020 1:25 am

Recent FISA court orders highlight the need for a key reform

Bob Goodlatte and Gene Schaerr · February 6, 2020 5:21 am

Pedestrians cross a street as one of them prepares his face mask in western Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. Iran is preparing for the possibility of "tens of thousands" of people getting tested for the new coronavirus as the number of confirmed cases spiked again Saturday, Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said, underscoring the fear both at home and abroad over the outbreak in the Islamic Republic.

Rumors, counterfeiting, and attacks on medical staff: China’s Xi Jinping scrambles to discipline coronavirus response

Joel Gehrke · February 5, 2020 6:03 pm

Carter Page.

DOJ finds two Carter Page FISA orders ‘not valid’

Anthony Leonardi and Daniel Chaitin · January 23, 2020 11:54 pm

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives for a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, June 5, 2019. Chinese President Xi Jinping is on visit to Russia this week and is expected to attend Russia's main economic conference in St. Petersburg.

National Security

University of Minnesota student imprisoned in China for mocking Xi Jinping

Zach Halaschak · January 23, 2020 4:03 am

Former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, center, leaves Capitol Hill, Friday, Oct. 11, 2019, in Washington, after testifying before congressional lawmakers on Friday. Yovanovitch told House impeachment investigators that Trump himself had pressured the State Department to oust her from her post and get her out of the country.

Ukraine opens investigation into possible surveillance of US ambassador by Trump ally

Caitlin Yilek · January 16, 2020 2:47 pm

Benjamin Wittes is pictured.

Comey friend defends Obama DOJ official overseeing FISA reforms against ‘spate of attacks’

Daniel Chaitin · January 15, 2020 7:48 pm