Citizen Writers Fighting Censorship by Helping Americans Understand Issues Affecting the Republic.
The Founders built a system based on an assumption that now sounds almost quaint: government power would be limited by reality. Communication was slow. Information was scarce. The federal government had trouble collecting taxes, let alone tracking the daily movements of its citizens. If the government wanted to watch someone in 1790, it needed a horse, a spy, and probably a tavern receipt.
In an age where information dissemination is instantaneous and ubiquitous, the United States faces a pressing need for legislation specifically designed to shield Americans from domestic information operations.
Friday, December 15, 2023, was National Bill of Rights Day. Congress considered this the perfect time period to push through an extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act’s (FISA) section 702.