FISA投票暴露的真相:当监控成为两党共识,自由就只剩下口号
从特朗普到拜登,从吉姆·乔丹到杰米·拉斯金,无论是共和党还是民主党,在面对监控扩大时都选择了实用主义而非原则,妥协成了唯一的规则。
核心观点:FISA 702延期投票揭示了一个令人沮丧的现实:在美国,对监控和数字自由的态度已经超越党派分歧,成为两党精英共同维护的既得利益。
最近,美国众议院通过了一项为期45天的FISA 702延期法案,没有任何搜查令要求。这场投票的幕后故事远比表面更复杂,也更具揭示性。它展示了一个正在崩溃的政治系统:连最坚定的原则捍卫者也在权力面前妥协,而普通公民的隐私和自由则被当作交易的筹码。
事情是这样开始的:众议院原本计划通过口头表决的方式,在没有记录投票的情况下通过这项法案。但共和党众议员托马斯·马西勇敢地站了出来,要求进行辩论和记录投票。这不是小事——在今天的美国国会,敢于这样做的议员屈指可数。
接下来的辩论更是一场政治荒诞剧。吉姆·乔丹,这位多年来一直为FISA添加搜查令要求而奋斗的共和党人,竟然挺身而出反对添加搜查令,并敦促投赞成票。为什么?因为特朗普告诉他要这么做。即使FISA曾经被用来监视特朗普本人和他的竞选团队,即使特朗普本人也曾痛斥FISA的滥用,但今天,特朗普要求通过不带搜查令的延期,乔丹就照做了。
这不是孤立事件。同一场辩论中,民主党人杰米·拉斯金发表了令人信服的论点,呼吁两党合作,为FISA添加改革,确保公民的隐私不被侵犯。但发言结束后,他投票赞成了那个不带搜查令的延期。为什么?因为他的党团领导要求他这样做。
这种两面性令人震惊。政客们在演讲台上是自由的捍卫者,在投票时却成了监控的帮凶。他们不是不懂问题所在,而是选择性地忽视它。
与此同时,在参议院,关于禁止中央银行数字货币(CBDC)的提案同样遭遇了“死亡”的命运。参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩宣布,该提案在参议院“已死”。在这个问题上,两党同样没有分歧——他们都是反对的。
但这不是故事的全部。有111名众议员投票反对这项法案,其中26名是共和党人。这些勇敢的少数派包括马西、罗伊、戴维森等人,他们坚持原则,拒绝为了党派利益而牺牲公民自由。
然而,这111人没能阻止法案通过。法案以压倒性优势通过了。
这让我想起了一句陈词滥调:权力导致腐败,绝对的权力导致绝对的腐败。但在这里,我们看到的不是个人腐败,而是系统性腐败——整个政治系统都在鼓励这种妥协。政客们被告知:如果你想要影响力,就得待在房间里;如果你想要职位,就得服从领导。而原则,则被当作奢侈品搁置一旁。
对于普通选民来说,这意味着什么?这意味着无论你投票给共和党还是民主党,最终的结果都差不多:你的隐私会被削弱,你的自由会被侵蚀,而你的声音会被忽略。
更糟糕的是,这种妥协正在变成常态。每一次FISA延期,每一次监控扩大,每一次对数字自由的侵蚀,都被包装成“国家安全”的必需品。反对者被贴上“不爱国”的标签。但真正的爱国主义难道不应该包括捍卫公民基本权利吗?
当然,有人会辩称,在恐怖主义和外国势力的威胁面前,某些监控是必要的。这是一个合理的论点。但问题是,FISA 702已经被证明存在严重滥用——多年来,它被用来监视成千上万的美国人,包括一位前总统。扩展这样的权力而不添加任何保障,无异于给一个已经失控的机构更多的自由。
这就是当前美国政治可悲的现实:自由成了口号,监控成了共识。当吉姆·乔丹和杰米·拉斯金——分别来自两党的所谓“原则捍卫者”——都在压力下屈服时,我们看到的不是党派之争,而是两党精英共同维护既得利益。
对于观察者来说,这应该是一个警告。如果连世界上最强大的民主国家都不能保护其公民的隐私,那么其他国家的民主质量又能好到哪里去?
最终,这个故事的教训是:不要相信任何政客的承诺,只看他们的投票记录。正如那位推文作者所说:“它们的话只是无用的空气。” 当111名勇敢者站出来反对时,我们需要记住他们,并继续要求更多。
如果把这个判断再往前推一步,真正重要的不是 RT by @paulg: This…、Yes, Maryland shoul…、Apparently my agent… 本身,而是它们共同暴露出的分配逻辑。 x、reddit 在同一轮里把注意力推向同一问题,通常意味着这个主题正在从圈层内部经验,转向更可共享的公共议题。 这也是为什么这种内容值得写成长文:短帖只负责提醒你“这里有事发生”,但只有长文才能把背景、代价、误判空间和后续影响放到同一张桌面上。 换句话说,FISA 702延期投票揭示了一个令人沮丧的现实:在美国,对监控和数字自由的态度已经超越党派分歧,成为两党精英共同维护的既得利益。 之所以重要,不是因为它看上去新,而是因为它会重新定义用户接下来应该如何理解这一类内容。
当然,这个判断仍然有边界。项目 领域的很多内容天生带有夸张表达、圈层黑话和强情绪包装, 这意味着原始材料本身未必可靠,甚至会故意放大戏剧性。 所以这里真正需要辨认的,不是表层标题是否足够抓人,而是标题下面有没有重复出现的结构:问题是否反复被提到,解决路径是否开始稳定, 以及不同来源是否在无意中指向相同结论。只有这些条件同时成立时,FISA 702延期投票揭示了一个令人沮丧的现实:在美国,对监控和数字自由的态度已经超越党派分歧,成为两党精英共同维护的既得利益。 才算站得住。否则,它最多只能算一个值得观察的苗头,而不是已经完成的判断。
参考来源
- 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
- Yes, Maryland should Gerrymander. - https://www.reddit.com/r/maryland/comments/1t1dhmr/yes_maryland_should_gerrymander/
- Apparently my agent sees me as an unorganized monkey on the keyboard... - https://www.reddit.com/r/AI_Agents/comments/1t233d4/apparently_my_agent_sees_me_as_an_unorganized/