Oversight

Congress Is Alarmingly Close to Handing Trump Dangerous Spying Powers

And Adam Schiff, of all people, is the one giving it to him

Trevor Timm
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Published in
5 min readMay 28, 2020

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Adam Schiff. Photo: Thierry Monasse/Getty Images

For a few hours on Tuesday, it looked like the House of Representatives would finally vote to give Americans some much-needed online privacy protection against government abuse. The House seemed set to agree…

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Trevor Timm
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Writer for

Trevor Timm is the executive director of Freedom of the Press Foundation. His writing has appeared the New York Times, the Guardian, and the Intercept.