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FISA and the Abuse of Power
STOP THE VOTE
Michael T. Flynn LTG USA (RET)
Apr 15, 2026
Today, the House of Representatives will vote on whether to renew the surveillance authority that was used to destroy my life and undermine a presidential transition. Before that vote happens, every member of Congress needs to hear the truth, not the talking points from the intelligence community, not the fear-based warnings from agency lobbyists, but the unvarnished reality of what this system has already done to American citizens.
I am one of them.
In late 2016, early 2017, my private but very legal communications were collected, unmasked, and illegally leaked to a press corps that was more than willing to serve as the enforcement arm of a political operation. I was not targeted because I had committed a crime. I was not targeted because I posed a threat to national security. I was targeted because I represented an incoming administration that the permanent bureaucracy had decided it could not tolerate. The same agencies charged with protecting America used their surveillance architecture to protect themselves from political accountability.
That is what FISA enabled. That is what Congress is being asked to renew today.
Section 702 has never been just a counterterrorism tool. For years, it has functioned as a backstage pass for politically motivated surveillance. FBI agents have used it to query the communications of journalists, political donors, protesters, members of Congress, and ordinary private citizens, often with no connection to any foreign threat whatsoever. These are not isolated incidents or the work of rogue actors. The violations have been documented in the thousands. When abuse reaches that scale, the problem is the system, not the individuals operating within it.
The rest of the article can be read at: https://genflynn.substack.com/p/fisa-and-the-abuse-of-power?publication_id=1407214&post_id=194311893