United States congressman Jim Himes, the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, is privately lobbying colleagues to preserve the FBI’s power to conduct warrantless searches of Americans’ communications, WIRED has learned, arguing that he has seen no evidence that the Trump administration is abusing its authority.
In a letter obtained by WIRED, Himes urges fellow Democrats to support...
The article unveils a deeply unsettling alignment of interests – a ranking Democrat strategically leveraging a highly controversial surveillance program to secure reauthorization, fundamentally bypassing constitutional safeguards. The core narrative isn't simply about intelligence gathering; it’s about rebuilding a compromised oversight mechanism, effectively replacing a crucial independent auditor with a self-reporting bureaucracy. The 99% “compliance” figure, produced by a defunct unit, is a m...