Can the "Everyone is a Spy" Bill Be Stopped?

A seemingly minor provision in the FISA reauthorization bill has the potential to bring about a major leap forward toward a complete surveillance state.

Connecticut’s Jim Himes swears: this bill is not at all Stasi-like

Last Friday, after a controversial amendment requiring a warrant to spy on Americans failed when Speaker Mike Johnson cast a rare and dramatic deciding vote, the House of Representatives reauthorized the FISA surveillance program. The bill’s passage garnered headlines and concern among civil liberties advocates, but it turned out something scarier loomed in the text.