Yesterday morning, as the nation continued to grind to a halt over Coronavirus fears, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and his Deep State lieutenants marched back into the Senate with a chess board many believed was set for them to ram phony FISA “reform” (H.R. 6172) through the Senate with ZERO changes!
After all, it wasn’t too long ago, the Deep State could count on a rubber stamp from the politicians in the Washington, D.C. “Swamp” for whatever abuse of liberty they dreamed up, provided they cloaked it under a veil of “national security.”Today, they face a new reality after Campaign for Liberty members like you once again turned up the heat on the Senate deluging their office with petitions and phone calls.
Campaign for Liberty members' efforts defied the predictions of the so-called political experts by not only forcing the Senate to allow three controversial surveillance provisions to expire temporarily but also making it 100% clear SHAM FISA reform is unacceptable.
But our fight is far from over!
The truth is, BOTH parties' congressional leaders have poorly managed (intentionally, no doubt) each extension of Deep State spying powers they've proven they'll abuse.
The reason is simple -- they know Americans are leery of unelected, unaccountable government agents having so much RAW power.
So, they bring each renewal down to the last minute and use that as a reason to ram something through before the sky falls and promise to fix it "next time."
As a result, yet another showdown looms this summer over FISA reform and permanent reauthorization of the so-called “USA Freedom Act” -- among the crown jewel of the Deep State’s blatantly unconstitutional spying programs on law-abiding Americans.
The good news is, thanks to your action and that of tens of thousands of other patriots, Congress will be forced into real debate when this battle resumes.
Warrantless Deep State spying on you, me, or any law-abiding American -- for even for a second -- is just plain wrong.The fact is, despite the Deep State’s promises, domestic government spying has never done anything to catch a terrorist.
For you and me, that’s no surprise.
Of course, that’s never what these schemes have been about.
From the beginning, they’ve ALWAYS been about shutting up voices like yours and mine who support American freedom.
Fellow Patriot, I never will remain silent about Deep State minions in Congress, or anywhere else in government, striping away our liberties.
And I know without the willingness of Campaign for Liberty members like you to stand up and oppose our nation’s slide toward more surveillance and more authoritarianism, we would’ve never made it this far.
Campaign for Liberty will continue to demand real debate and real reform and I hope I can count on you to keep standing for liberty with me.
For Liberty,
Ron Paul
Chairman
P.S. The truth is, thanks to your action and support, we've made massive progress in our fight to rein in the surveillance state -- landing heavy blows many thought impossible only a few years ago.
You and I forced Congress to allow three controversial surveillance provisions to expire temporarily over the weekend when the chips were stacked overwhelmingly in the Deep State's favor.
BOTH parties' Congressional "leaders" may have kicked the can on real reform of FISA and the Deep State's warrantless domestic snooping powers on Americans, but only because you and me made it 100% clear Americans won't tolerate their SHAM FISA reform.