Wyden to Force Declassification of Secret Court Opinion on FISA “Serious Abuses”

Wyden to Force Declassification of Secret Court Opinion on FISA “Serious Abuses”

On Thursday, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) proposed a short-term extension of FISA in exchange for declassifying a major opinion from the top government surveillance court, which revealed continuing violations of the controversial authority. Wyden’s proposal follows the passage of House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) bad faith FISA bill that likely will not be taken up by the Senate. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) then objected to Wyden’s proposal, likely cataly…