How FISA, Data Brokers, And CBDCs Connect
From Peasants Perspective by Taylor Johnatakis
April 17, 2026 · 1h 51m · Season 2 · Episode 302
About this episode
The episode discusses the implications of warrantless surveillance and the government's ability to purchase private data, connecting various political and legal themes.
Send us Fan Mail They tried to ram through a five-year FISA renewal at 2 a.m., and it lit up a bigger question we can’t ignore: how did warrantless surveillance become “normal”? We walk through what lawmakers like Lauren Boebert and Thomas Massie say the fight is really about warrants, the Fourth Amendment, and the quiet reality that the government can buy your data from private companies even when it can’t justify a warrant. From there we connect dots most shows keep separate: insider tradi...
People in this episode
Host: Taylor Johnatakis
Topics covered
- warrantless surveillance
- FISA renewal
- Fourth Amendment
- data privacy
- government surveillance
- insider trading
Keywords
- FISA
- warrantless surveillance
- data brokers
- CBDCs
- Fourth Amendment
- government data purchase
- politics
- insider trading
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: FISA, CBDCs, data brokers, government
Books & works: Fourth Amendment
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