Biden signs bill extending key US surveillance program

Apr 21, 2024 View Original Article
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    16% Somewhat Conservative

  • Reliability

    40% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    2% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    60% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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Sentiments

Overall Sentiment

-3% Negative

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"This reauthorization of Section 702 gives the United States the authority to continue to collect foreign intelligence information about non-U.S. persons located outside the United States, while at the same time codifying important reforms the Justice Department has adopted to ensure the protection of Americans' privacy and civil liberties, Garland said in a statement Saturday."
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4% Conservative
"U.S. officials have said the surveillance tool, first authorized in 2008 and renewed several times since then, is crucial in disrupting terrorist attacks, cyber intrusions, and foreign espionage and has also produced intelligence that the U.S. has relied on for specific operations, such as the 2022 killing of al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri."
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"Biden thanked congressional leaders for their work."
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"FILE - Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks with reporters as he walks, Feb. 28, 2024, at the Capitol in Washington."
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"If the government wants to spy on my private communications or the private communications of any American, they should be required to get approval from a judge, just as our Founding Fathers intended in writing the Constitution, Durbin said."
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"Though the spy program was technically set to expire at midnight, the Biden administration had said it expected its authority to collect intelligence to remain operational for at least another year, thanks to an opinion earlier this month from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, which receives surveillance applications."
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"Sen. Dick Durbin, the No. 2 Democrat in the chamber, had been pushing a proposal that would require U.S. officials to get a warrant before accessing American communications."
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"But despite the Biden administration's urging and classified briefings to senators this week on the crucial role they say the spy program plays in protecting national security, a group of progressive and conservative lawmakers who were agitating for further changes had refused to accept the version of the bill the House sent over last week."
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-10% Liberal
"In the nick of time, we are reauthorizing FISA right before it expires at midnight, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said when voting on final passage began 15 minutes before the deadline."
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-12% Liberal
"President Joe Biden on Saturday signed legislation reauthorizing a key U.S. surveillance law after divisions over whether the FBI should be restricted from using the program to search for Americans' data nearly forced the statute to lapse."
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-16% Liberal
"In the end, Schumer was able to cut a deal that would allow critics to receive floor votes on their amendments in exchange for speeding up the process for passage."
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"If you miss a key piece of intelligence, you may miss some event overseas or put troops in harm's way, said Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, the top Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee."
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"The Senate has advanced legislation that would reauthorize a key U.S. surveillance tool as lawmakers and the Biden administration rushed to tamp down fresh concerns about the program violating Americans' civil liberties."
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-24% Liberal
"The lawmakers had demanded that Schumer, D-N.Y., allow votes on amendments to the legislation that would seek to address what they see as civil liberty loopholes in the bill."
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-16% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : "This reauthorization of Section 702 gives the United States the authority to continue to collect foreign intelligence information about non-U.S. persons located outside the United States, while at the same time codifying important reforms the Justice Department has adopted to ensure the protection of Americans' privacy and civil liberties," Garland said in a statement Saturday.
51% : "U.S. officials have said the surveillance tool, first authorized in 2008 and renewed several times since then, is crucial in disrupting terrorist attacks, cyber intrusions, and foreign espionage and has also produced intelligence that the U.S. has relied on for specific operations, such as the 2022 killing of al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri.

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