* Guest: Dr. Scott Bradley, Founder and Chairman of the Constitution Commemoration Foundation and the author of the book and DVD/CD lecture series To Preserve the Nation. In the Tradition of the Founding Fathers – FreedomsRisingSun.com

* Conservative members of the House Republican Conference attacked an extension of the surveillance law in the NDAA, an annual defense bill, according to The Hill.

* Section 702 of FISA is a provision that enables the government to conduct surveillance on foreign intelligence operatives in the US, which can also be used to surveil Americans.

* “You couldn’t waterboard me into voting to reauthorize 702,” Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida told The New York Times, Gaetz having previously introduced a resolution to let Section 702 expire.

* Congress and the FISA Court have attempted to limit the government’s access to these communications, but the government has engaged in widespread violations of these limits.