Congress meets in secret to expand warrantless surveillance of Americans

END BACKDOOR SEARCH & DATA BROKER LOOPHOLES, and BLOCK ALL EXPANSIONS OF FISA. Why are you once again attacking citizens privacy by allowing warrantless surveillance? You claim to represent Americans but instead you give free reign to law enforcement. There would be less crime if you worked on homelessness and the high cost of living. Full employment is meaningless if people have to work multiple jobs to pay the rent. The US economy is being destroyed by 21st century robber barons. Instead you have a Congressional secret session, where government surveillance hawks will make the case for expanded abuses of our private personal data and conversation. They argue against against modest reforms that would protect Americans from warrantless government intrusions. Despite clear opposition from civil rights, immigrant, and racial justice groups, Congressional Leadership is eager to expand its discriminatory surveillance program, FISA’s Section 702. Section 702’s abuses has been exposed for being used to surveil journalists, activists, politicians, and immigrant communities, among others. There hasn’t been a secret session in the House of Representatives since 2008. You are doing this to avoid accountability while selling off our privacy. It’s crystal clear how unpopular the idea of expanding harmful and invasive surveillance is—but we need to make sure you know that even if we can’t see in the room, we’ll be watching if you betray us. American citizens need these important reforms: -Close the Section 702 backdoor search loophole, through which the CIA, FBI, and NSA routinely search billions of international communications — obtained without a warrant based on the government’s certification that it is targeting only non-U.S. persons located overseas — to read Americans’ phone calls, text messages, and emails. The amendment would require the government to get a warrant or FISA Title I order before searching for Americans’ communications. -Close the data broker loophole, which a rapidly growing number of law enforcement and intelligence agencies use to buy sensitive Fourth Amendment-protected information about Americans without a warrant. These agencies should not be able to buy their way around legal privacy protections. Why have a secret session at all! Obviously it's only because you want to hide your actions from American citizens who you expect to vote for you.