Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
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Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act has come up in 4 episodes across 2 podcasts in TMT, including Pod Save America, The Joe Rogan Experience. 3 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Mark WarnerDemocratic U.S. senator from Virginia who called the data center moratorium idiocy
Warner says Section 702 provides a large share of the presidential daily brief.
“It is 70% of what was in the presidential daily brief”
Pod Save America: 80-Year-Old Man Loses War (Jun 16, 2026) · Listen from 1:07:50
Warner says reforms have sharply improved FBI compliance with Section 702 safeguards.
“They went from only 60% compliance to 98% compliance on making sure that appropriate checks and balances are dealt with”
Pod Save America: 80-Year-Old Man Loses War (Jun 16, 2026) · Listen from 1:08:02
Warner calls Bill Pulte unfit to be DNI, citing his background and use of private mortgage data against critics.
“Bill Pulte is a third generation rich kid who literally got thrown out of his own family's company”
Pod Save America: 80-Year-Old Man Loses War (Jun 16, 2026) · Listen from 1:03:41
Joe RoganAmerican comedian and host of The Joe Rogan Experience
Rogan believes the idea that Signal messages are unreadable is false, though reading them is harder.
“idea that you're sending things on signal and no one can read them, I think that's bullshit. I think it's more difficult to read them”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2493 - Protect Our Parks 16 (May 1, 2026) · Listen from 1:00:09
Rogan says he was told authorities can decrypt Signal messages if they obtain the data, as allegedly happened with Tucker Carlson.
“They said they can decrypt encrypted messages. They just have to get the data”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2493 - Protect Our Parks 16 (May 1, 2026) · Listen from 59:38
Alex WagnerMSNBC host who hosts episodes in the Pod Save America feed
Wagner argues Bill Pulte should be kept out of the intelligence community, even at the cost of holding up FISA reauthorization.
“That man needs to be locked out of the intelligence infrastructure and get a restraining order, basically”
Pod Save America: Cage Match Inside the White House (Jun 12, 2026) · Listen from 38:14
Coverage over time
Podcasts
- Pod Save America · 3 episodes
- The Joe Rogan Experience · 1 episode
Episodes
80-Year-Old Man Loses WarPod Save America · Jun 16, 2026 · 1 h 15 min
Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, and Tommy Vietor assess Trump's Iran war-ending memo, the White House UFC event, and the Newsom probe; Sen. Mark Warner discusses Iran and intelligence nominees.
Cage Match Inside the White HousePod Save America · Jun 12, 2026 · 1 h 41 min
Jon Favreau and Alex Wagner discuss Trump's Iran deal claims, inflation remarks, White House infighting and the Epstein saga, then Ron Brownstein analyzes the 2026 midterm map.
Trump's Versailles on the PotomacPod Save America · Jun 5, 2026 · 1 h 20 min
Jon Favreau and Alex Wagner discuss Trump's building projects, the J6 slush fund, ICE detention, Blanche and Pulte nominations, California primaries, Graham Platner, 60 Minutes, and Favreau's mistaken UFC invite.
#2493 - Protect Our Parks 16The Joe Rogan Experience · May 1, 2026 · 3 h 24 min
Joe Rogan, Shane Gillis, Mark Normand and Ari Shaffir reunite for Protect Our Parks, riffing on news, drugs, comedy, surveillance, healthcare and UFC.