http://blog.psaonline.org/2008/07/01/decoding-the-new-fisa-bill/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:39:24 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://blog.psaonline.org/2008/07/01/decoding-the-new-fisa-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-1101750 Matt Rojansky Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:36:58 +0000 http://blog.psaonline.org/?p=565#comment-1101750 John, thanks for this analysis of the new FISA bill! I share your concern that our government may have "fixed" something that wasn't broken in the first place, but rather was being used ineptly and for the wrong problems. I think its worth noting that two types of communications shouldn't be in any way affected by this revision: communications between and among parties located within the US (these still require a warrant for a wiretap, as far as I understand it) and entirely foreign communications--those with no "jurisdictional nexus" to the US (these remain essentially within the foreign intelligence agencies' discretion, just like any other kind of purely foreign intelligence gathering.) If anyone understands the law differently, please set me right on those points. John, thanks for this analysis of the new FISA bill! I share your concern that our government may have “fixed” something that wasn’t broken in the first place, but rather was being used ineptly and for the wrong problems. I think its worth noting that two types of communications shouldn’t be in any way affected by this revision: communications between and among parties located within the US (these still require a warrant for a wiretap, as far as I understand it) and entirely foreign communications–those with no “jurisdictional nexus” to the US (these remain essentially within the foreign intelligence agencies’ discretion, just like any other kind of purely foreign intelligence gathering.) If anyone understands the law differently, please set me right on those points.

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