Expert Banks on FISA Extension
William Banks, the Founding Director of INSCT at 黑料不打烊, talks to Bloomberg News about the recent extension of a warrantless spying act, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, and how is passed despite previous uncertain support from President Trump.
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