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This corrupt asshat needs to be in prison. Looks like he has all kinds of people looking into his corruption.
Kimberley Strassel: Adam Schiff's surveillance state
Lawmakers are debating ways to prevent the Federal Bureau of Investigation from abusing its surveillance authority again. While theyāre at it, they have an obligation to address their own privacy transgressor, Rep. Adam Schiff.
Thatās the gist of a pointed letter from Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr, which landed Thursday at the House Intelligence Committee. Chairman Schiff spent months conducting secret impeachment hearings. His ensuing report revealed that heād also set up his own surveillance state. Mr. Schiff issued secret subpoenas to phone carriers, to obtain and publish the call records of political rivals. Targets included Rudy Giuliani and another attorney of the president, the ranking Republican on the Intelligence Committee (Rep. Devin Nunes) and a journalist (John Solomon).
Impeachment is over, but Mr. Carr hasnāt forgotten this abuse of power, and his letter, which I obtained, calls for answers and reform. The FCC takes call privacy seriously, only recently having proposed some $200 million in fines on phone carriers for failing to protect customer data. Mr. Carrās message to Mr. Schiff is that Congress doesnāt get a pass. It is not automatically entitled to āa secret and partisan process that deprives Americans of their legal right to maintain the privacy of this sensitive information.ā
Mr. Carr doesnāt dispute that Congress may, āin at least some circumstances,ā have the legal authority to obtain call records under the Communications Act. The offense, he writes, was denying his targets the right to fight the subpoenas: āCourts long ago established a process for Americans to seek judicial review before Congress obtains and then publishes documents in response to a congressional subpoena.ā
As a lawyer and congressional lifer, Mr. Schiff knows this. Itās expected that Congress give notice of demands, as it did when it issued subpoenas to Deutsche Bank and Mazars for Donald Trumpās financial records. That notice allowed the president to file suit to block those institutions from responding. The Supreme Court in December issued stays, halting Deutsche Bank and Mazars compliance while it considers Mr. Trumpās appeal. Oral arguments are scheduled for March 31. Congress isnāt entitled to everything.
This history is what made Mr. Schiffās subpoenas so devious and abusive. He issued them secretly. He didnāt notify his targets, and Republican committee members were barred from telling the public what they knew about the subpoenas.
Kimberley Strassel: Adam Schiff's surveillance state
Kimberley Strassel: Adam Schiff's surveillance state
Lawmakers are debating ways to prevent the Federal Bureau of Investigation from abusing its surveillance authority again. While theyāre at it, they have an obligation to address their own privacy transgressor, Rep. Adam Schiff.
Thatās the gist of a pointed letter from Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr, which landed Thursday at the House Intelligence Committee. Chairman Schiff spent months conducting secret impeachment hearings. His ensuing report revealed that heād also set up his own surveillance state. Mr. Schiff issued secret subpoenas to phone carriers, to obtain and publish the call records of political rivals. Targets included Rudy Giuliani and another attorney of the president, the ranking Republican on the Intelligence Committee (Rep. Devin Nunes) and a journalist (John Solomon).
Impeachment is over, but Mr. Carr hasnāt forgotten this abuse of power, and his letter, which I obtained, calls for answers and reform. The FCC takes call privacy seriously, only recently having proposed some $200 million in fines on phone carriers for failing to protect customer data. Mr. Carrās message to Mr. Schiff is that Congress doesnāt get a pass. It is not automatically entitled to āa secret and partisan process that deprives Americans of their legal right to maintain the privacy of this sensitive information.ā
Mr. Carr doesnāt dispute that Congress may, āin at least some circumstances,ā have the legal authority to obtain call records under the Communications Act. The offense, he writes, was denying his targets the right to fight the subpoenas: āCourts long ago established a process for Americans to seek judicial review before Congress obtains and then publishes documents in response to a congressional subpoena.ā
As a lawyer and congressional lifer, Mr. Schiff knows this. Itās expected that Congress give notice of demands, as it did when it issued subpoenas to Deutsche Bank and Mazars for Donald Trumpās financial records. That notice allowed the president to file suit to block those institutions from responding. The Supreme Court in December issued stays, halting Deutsche Bank and Mazars compliance while it considers Mr. Trumpās appeal. Oral arguments are scheduled for March 31. Congress isnāt entitled to everything.
This history is what made Mr. Schiffās subpoenas so devious and abusive. He issued them secretly. He didnāt notify his targets, and Republican committee members were barred from telling the public what they knew about the subpoenas.
Kimberley Strassel: Adam Schiff's surveillance state
