# America's Secret Database

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Podcast: [NBTV: Your Money, Your Data, Your Life](https://stenobird.com/podcast/nbtv-your-money-your-data-your-life-872430)
Published: 2026-07-11T09:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

https://youtu.be/1nKGNcj32L8 https://odysee.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/FISA:9a FISA is a sweeping surveillance authority that allows the warrantless surveillance of Americans in the name of national security. It was originally created to stop intelligence agencies from spying on people in the US without oversight. But over time, the guardrails came off. And the man who helped build some of those guardrails at the FBI now says the system has gone badly wrong. In this video, we trace the full histor...

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