Congress Backs Fisa, Hands Victory to Bush ; Bill Eases Eavesdropping Rules
The Washington Times › July 10, 2008
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Congress defied concerns about a post-Sept. 11 government assault on privacy rights and granted final passage Wednesday to new laws for spy-agency eavesdropping on terror suspects abroad, delivering a major policy victory to President Bush.
Ending more than a year of wrangling between the White House and the Democrat-led Congress over modernizing the 30-year-old Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), the measure lets the government intercept foreign calls without court approval and gives phone companies legal immunity for aiding the administration's warrantless wiretap program enacted after the 2001 terrorist attacks.See the full content of this document
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Congress Backs Fisa, Hands Victory to Bush ; Bill Eases Eavesdropping Rules
The 69-28 Senate vote that sent the bill to the president's desk divided Democrats and spurred criticism of the party's likely presidential nominee, Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois, for switching his position to support the bill.
President Bush said he will soon sign the bill, calling ...See the full content of this document
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