{"id":52953,"date":"2026-04-15T15:25:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T18:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/2026\/04\/15\/trump-fear-mongers-republicans-into-backing-controversial-spy-bill-with-stunning-iran-claim\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T15:25:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T18:25:00","slug":"trump-fear-mongers-republicans-into-backing-controversial-spy-bill-with-stunning-iran-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/2026\/04\/15\/trump-fear-mongers-republicans-into-backing-controversial-spy-bill-with-stunning-iran-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump fear mongers Republicans into backing controversial spy bill with stunning Iran claim"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"js-article-text\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Politics is fast. We&#8217;re faster. Sign up to the DC Insider newsletter for a front-row seat to American politics&#8230;and unlock 3 FREE months of Mail+ <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/link.news.dailymail.co.uk\/join\/dc-insider-sign-up?utm_source=dailymail.co.uk&#038;utm_medium=organic_editorial&#038;utm_campaign=conversion_newsletter&#038;utm_term=dcinsider_bullets&#038;utm_budgetpot=organic\">HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/profile-962\/jon-michael-raasch.html\">JON MICHAEL RAASCH, US POLITICAL REPORTER<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/follow?screen_name=JMRaasch&#038;tw_p=followbutton\"><span><\/span><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><span> <span>Published:<\/span> <time datetime=\"2026-04-14T23:31:35+0100\"> 18:31 EDT, 14 April 2026 <\/time> <\/span> | <span> <span>Updated:<\/span> <time datetime=\"2026-04-15T19:25:16+0100\"> 14:25 EDT, 15 April 2026 <\/time> <\/span> <\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p><a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/donald_trump\/index.html\" id=\"mol-bccb7ce0-3844-11f1-9067-070917a8378f\">Donald Trump<\/a> is urging reluctant Republicans to renew a surveillance measure that records conversations American citizens have with foreign nationals despite his previous opposition to the practice.<\/p>\n<p>TheForeign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) has a component called Section 702 that allows the warrantless surveillance of non-citizens believed to be outside of the US.<\/p>\n<p>However, in practice the controversial authority gives US intelligence services access to conversations Americans have with those outside of the mainland.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans have for years tried to oppose the measure&#8217;s renewal because it&#8217;s been abused in the past, particularly to target Trump. It will expire on April 20 if <a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/us-congress\/index.html\" id=\"mol-e6a7d490-384a-11f1-9067-070917a8378f\">Congress<\/a> does not vote to renew Section 702.<\/p>\n<p>The tool was used to spy on the President&#8217;s inner-circle during his 2016 campaign and he has long lambasted the provision for enabling government officials to dig into his orbit.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Kill FISA, it was illegally used against me, and many others. They spied on my campaign!&#8217; Trump wrote in April 2024 when Section 702 was up for renewal.<\/p>\n<p>But now the President has changed his tone and he is prodding conservatives wary of its vast powers to renew the provision due to the ongoing Iran war.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Our Military desperately needs FISA 702, and it is one of the reasons we have had such tremendous success on the battlefield, both in Venezuela and Iran,&#8217; Trump wrote on social media Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>President Donald Trump is calling on Republicans to support the renewal of a controversial surveillance law that can record the conversations of everyday Americans<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>FISA Section 702 allows for intelligence services to surveil communications of non-US citizens believed to be outside the country. However, it also sweeps up conversations had by US citizens should they be talking to people outside the US<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert has signaled her opposition to renewing FISA Section 702<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8216;I have spoken to many Generals about this, and they consider it vital. Not one said, even tacitly, that they can do without it &#8211; especially right now with our brilliant Military Operation in Iran.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The President met Speaker Mike Johnson at the White House on Tuesday to discuss the provision, which faces significant opposition within the Republican base.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I am working very hard with our Great Speaker, Mike Johnson, along with Chairman Jim Jordan and Chairman Rick Crawford, to get a clean extension of FISA 702 through the House of Representatives this week,&#8217; Trump added.<\/p>\n<p>That opposition was swift and vocal. &#8216;No FISA reauthorization without a warrant requirement for US citizens!&#8217; Kentucky Republican Thomas Massie posted on X.<\/p>\n<p>Congresswoman Lauren Boebert went further: &#8216;An NSA analyst used Section 702 surveillance powers to spy on Americans he met on a dating app. This is exactly the kind of abuse that happens when we hand unchecked power to the intel community. No more treating Section 702 like a personal Tinder search. GET. A. WARRANT.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Tennessee Republican Andy Ogles has claimed FISA allows authorities to &#8216;spy on nearly every influential conservative through the DOJ.&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                                                                                                                                  <ad-slot position=\"smart_feed\"><\/ad-slot>                                                                <ad-slot position=\"after_article\"><\/ad-slot>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Politics is fast. We&#8217;re faster. Sign up to the DC Insider newsletter for a front-row seat to American politics&#8230;and unlock 3 FREE months of Mail+ HERE By JON MICHAEL RAASCH, US POLITICAL REPORTER Published: 18:31 EDT, 14 April 2026 | Updated: 14:25 EDT, 15 April 2026 Donald Trump is urging reluctant Republicans to renew a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52954,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-donald-trump"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}