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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last night, just before the Super Bowl, Politico reported that for only the fifth time since 1830 the House of Representatives plans to hold a secret session to debate extending extremely controversial Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) spying powers, most notably Section 702. This power has been continuously abused by the CIA, FBI, and NSA for over 15 … Continuedhttps://demandprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IEEPpS8x-1.jpg900512