Goldman Supported Spying. Now He's Feigning Surprise.
Rep. Dan Goldman, now facing primary challenges, apparently championed warrantless domestic surveillance under FISA Section 702. His rivals are (conveniently) calling him out. What the mainstream won't detail is that such "surveillance creep" isn't a glitch, but the explicit design of expansive post-9/11 legislation—legislation consistently renewed by a bipartisan consensus eager to wield
unchecked power, and bankrolled by defense and intelligence contractors who profit from a perpetually expanded security state. Goldman's earlier support for unrestricted spying on Americans (as cited by The Intercept) perfectly aligns with the intelligence bureaucracy's hunger for data, conveniently forgetting the Fourth Amendment when it's politically expedient. So, a politician embraces
unchecked government power, then acts shocked when constituents don't like it. How many times will voters fall for this performance? One might suggest principled stances shouldn't depend on poll numbers or primary challengers ready to expose past votes.