FISA续期背后的背叛:当两党在监控公民上达成共识,民主就成了一场表演
当Jim Jordan这位多年来为FISA搜查令而战的保守派领袖,在特朗普的压力下转而领导反对搜查令的辩论时,我们看到的不只是一个政治人物的背叛,而是整个体系的失灵。
核心观点:FISA 702条款的45天无证续期通过,表面上是一场技术性立法程序,实则揭示了美国两党制下公民自由保护的结构性失效:尽管有111名众议员勇敢投下反对票,但国会整体在监控权力面前的表现,证明了对个人隐私的承诺在两党内部都只是竞选口号,而跨党派的技术性合作(如Massie和Raskin的辩论)反而暴露了立法体系的虚伪本质。
在美国政治的日常噪音中,大多数立法投票都被包装成党派斗争的戏剧性对决。但FISA 702条款的这次45天延期,却呈现了一幅更为令人不安的画面:当监控权力处于投票线上时,两党内部的裂痕远大于两党之间的对立,而那些在竞选时高喊保护公民自由的人,在关键时刻却做出了与承诺完全相反的选择。这不是一个简单的“共和党背叛保守原则”或“民主党言行不一”的故事,它的深层含义更为阴暗——它揭示了一个两党在监控议题上心照不宣的共识:无论竞选时怎么说,一旦掌权,监控工具太好用了,以至于没人愿意真正放弃它。
这次立法的戏剧性转折值得细看。最初,众议院计划以口头表决方式通过FISA 702的45天延期,这意味着没有记录,没有问责,议员们可以轻易宣称自己投了反对。但肯塔基州共和党众议员Thomas Massie勇敢地要求进行记录投票,强迫每个人留下痕迹。随后的辩论中,一直以来以反对无证监控著称的Jim Jordan,在特朗普明确要求通过无证延期的压力下,戏剧性地反转立场,领导了反对搜查令要求的辩论。与此同时,民主党人Jamie Raskin在辩论中慷慨陈词,强调两党合作改革的必要性,然后投票支持了那个他刚刚谴责过的、完全没有任何改革的无证延期版本。
这种双重背叛并非偶然。它揭示了立法者面临的结构性困境:FISA工具对行政部门(无论谁执政)都太有价值了。它在民主党和共和党政府下都被用来监控美国公民,包括特朗普竞选团队本身。当工具的使用者成为工具的受益者时,改革就变成了一场猫鼠游戏。Massie、Chip Roy、Warren Davidson等26位共和党人和85位民主党人的反对票,证明了国会中存在真正的公民自由捍卫者。但在最终投票中,他们的勇敢被淹没在更大的计算之中——对于大多数议员来说,反对监控的立场可以体现在投票记录上,但真正阻止监控的立法行动,却需要付出得罪总统和情报机构的代价。
一种常见的反驳观点认为,FISA 702针对的是外国情报目标,对美国人隐私的侵犯只是“偶然”附带品。但这种说法忽略了两个事实:第一,美国司法部已经承认FISA 702被用来搜索美国公民的通讯记录,而过去几年这类搜索次数高达数十万次;第二,技术上的附带监控在现实中变成了制度化的批量收集。最讽刺的是,特朗普曾是大规模监控的受害者,他的竞选团队在2016年被FISA监视,他本人多次谴责这一制度。但当他坐在总统位置上时,他不仅没有推动改革,反而要求国会通过无证延期,理由是“国家安全”。权力的味道改变了所有人对原则的记忆。
这场投票最令人不安的,不是某个人或某个党的背叛,而是它展示了一个系统性的失败:当核心选民不再关注立法细节,当媒体沉迷于总统推特上的口水战,FISA这样的议题就变成了一个“技术官僚的暗箱操作”。普通美国人不知道702条款是什么,更不知道它允许政府在没有搜查令的情况下收集他们的通讯记录。而那些知道的人,也往往因为党派归属而选择性愤怒——当本党总统在台上时,监控似乎没那么可怕;当对方党在台上时,监控就成了末日武器。这种选择性愤怒,恰好是权力结构最希望看到的——它们利用党派分歧来掩盖两党在监控问题上的实质合作。
111张反对票是黑暗中唯一的亮光。他们来自不同的意识形态光谱:从自由派民主党人到极右翼自由党团成员。他们证明了在监控问题上,超越党派的合作是可能的。Massie、Raskin、Roy等人虽然立场迥异,但在捍卫第四修正案时站在了一起。但他们的失败也证明,少数人的原则在多数人的政治计算面前是多么脆弱。这111张票不足以阻止法案通过,但它们提供了一个可供选民对比的名单——下次选举时,你可以看看你的代表是在这111人之中,还是在那些嘴上说保护隐私、手上却投了赞成票的人群里。
这场投票结束后,美国参议院尚未采取行动。John Thune已经表示,参议院不会投票支持央行数字货币禁令,这暗示了监控权力的另一个维度——政府不仅想看到你的通讯,还想看到你的每一笔交易。FISA是前门,CBDC是后门,两者都是同一个监控大趋势的组成部分。而国会在这两个议题上的表现,已经明确传递了一个信息:面对国家安全和金融监控,你的隐私是第二位的。
对于普通人来说,这场投票的教训远不止于华盛顿的权力游戏。它提醒我们,民主制度中最大的威胁往往不是来自外敌,而是来自内部的权力侵蚀,且这种侵蚀总是打着“安全”的旗号。当两党在关键议题上表现出高度一致时,你应该警觉,而不是庆祝。真正健康的民主,需要的是那些愿意在本党压力下仍然坚持原则的“捣乱分子”——无论是Thomas Massie还是Jamie Raskin。他们让我们看到,即使在最黑暗的时刻,也有少数人愿意站在历史正确的一边。而历史,最终会记住的是投票记录,而不是竞选口号。
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参考来源
- Yes, Maryland should Gerrymander. - https://www.reddit.com/r/maryland/comments/1t1dhmr/yes_maryland_should_gerrymander/
- RT by @paulg: This is remarkable and you should watch this entire video.
- The House was going to pass a 45 day extension of FISA 702 (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act), BY VOICE WITHOUT VOTING, and Thomas Massie courageously forced a debate and demanded a recorded vote.
- Jim Jordan who has fought FOR warrants for FISA for years ironically led the debate AGAINST warrants and urged a YES vote for a clean extension WITHOUT warrants, which is what Trump is demanding even after FISA was used against him by the Democrats to spy on him and his campaign. Trump literally says give up your rights and just pass it and Jordan won’t go against Trump even though he wants warrant requirements.
- Chip Roy, Warren Davidson, and Keith Self joined Thomas Massie and made strong cases as to why Congress must add warrant requirements to FISA 702 and why a Central Bank Digital Currency must be banned and how both are powerful tools of control and surveillance and violation of your privacy and liberties.
- And Jamie Raskin (D) gave compelling arguments as to why bipartisanship is needed in the House to make reforms to FISA 702 yet after doing so he voted YES to a clean 45 day extension of FISA 702 without warrant requirements, which makes no sense. Why demand change and then literally vote for what you just argued against? However never forget under Biden and Democrats FISA 702 was used to spy on hundreds of thousands of Americans.
- Also, the Republican controlled Senate and its leader John Thune will not vote for a ban on Central Bank Digital Currency, saying it’s dead on arrival in the Senate. And neither will the Democrats.
- To sum it up, Americans are literally losing our precious privacy and freedoms right now under Trump and Republicans, yet Democrats are no better and have made no major policy changes that caused them to lose in 2024. They are only winning because Trump and Republicans have betrayed the most important campaign promises.
- 111 members of Congress voted NAY (NO) to the 45 day FISA 702 extension without warrant requirements for Americans so that your government can spy on you. Some voted NO in a partisan manner and because they hate Trump and some voted NO because they truly want change.
- Either way, those who voted NO should be recognized.
- Out of 111 ONLY 26 Republicans bravely voted NO. Here is the list of GOP NOs and pictured is the full list of both D’s and R’s who voted NO.
- Republican NO votes:
- Begich, Biggs (SC), Boebert, Brecheen, Burchett, Cammack, Cloud, Collins, Crane, Davidson, Downing, Fry, Fulcher, Gosar, Hageman, Harshbarger, Higgins (LA), Kennedy (UT), Luttrell, Massie, Miller (IL), Ogles, Perry, Roy, Self, and Tiffany.
- But after all this, the House passed the clean 45 day extension of FISA 702. After years of Trump and Republicans campaigning and demanding on Fox News that warrant requirements must be added to FISA, nothing changed.
- The promises they made to you are broken.
- The only thing that matters is voting records, none of their words. Words are meaningless puffs of air.
- If your Representative is not on this list, who voted NO, then you should tell them you are withdrawing your support and not voting for them. On both sides of the aisle.
- It doesn’t matter anymore whether you vote Republican or Democrat.
- Behind the veil, they are one and the same.
- Lastly, KY-4 your Representative Thomas Massie is a giant among men in Congress and fights for you harder than the entire House and Senate combined.
- Don’t be fools, vote for Thomas Massie!!! - https://nitter.net/FmrRepMTG/status/2050193715063300532#m
- cmv: most everyday progressives are just would-be benefactors and hypocrites - https://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/comments/1szrlib/cmv_most_everyday_progressives_are_just_wouldbe/