The White House (via OMB) strongly protests Congressional efforts within the FY 2027 NDAA to prohibit the purchase of warships from foreign shipyards. The Administration argues that these restrictions undermine national security by limiting flexibility and hindering its strategy of leveraging allied yards, such as in the 'Finland model,' to drive investment into U.S. shipbuilding capacity. This signals a significant policy shift toward integrating international partners into advanced naval construction, suggesting the Pentagon is prepared to bypass traditional domestic build requirements for future combat vessels.
The Fourth Amendment Forecloses a Foreign Intelligence Exception: A Brief Case Against the FISA Section 702 Program
English Summary
CATO’s analysis argues that the FISA Section 702 program fundamentally violates the Fourth Amendment by treating bulk data collection of Americans as equivalent to a general warrant, a practice the Founding Fathers explicitly sought to abolish. The organization contends that the FISC’s ‘foreign intelligence exception,’ built upon judicial interpretation, is a constructed loophole rather than a genuine constitutional provision. Evidence cited includes the Founders’ use of encryption to protect their communications and the absence of a national security exception in the original Fourth Amendment text. Furthermore, the program’s architecture – collecting communications ‘to, from, or about’ foreign selectors – inherently sweeps in American data, creating a system of unwarranted surveillance. This ultimately necessitates a warrant requirement to protect individual privacy rights.
中文摘要
CATO 的分析認為， FISA 第 702 條項根本上侵犯了第四修正案，將美國公民的大量數據收集視為一種廣泛逮捕令，而這正是開國元勳們明確致力於廢除的做法。該組織認為，FISC 的『外國情報例外』，基於法官解釋，並非真正的憲法條文，而是一種虛構的漏洞。引用的證據包括開國元勳使用加密技術保護其通信，以及原始第四修正案文本中沒有國家安全例外情況。此外，該項目的設計——收集「與、來自或關於」外國選定的通信——固有地會滲透到美國數據中，形成一種不必要的監控系統。這最終需要獲得逮捕令以保護個人隱私權。
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