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A bill that would expand George W. Bush's power to wiretap American telephones is headed for the Senate Judiciary Committee next Thursday, according to The Raw Story. Written by Judiciary Committee chairman Arlen Specter, the bill institutes program-wide warrants that do not expire for a year.

The original intention of the committee was to bring NSA wiretapping into compliance with FISA guidelines, but as it reads now, Specter's bill gives Bush even more power. Specter is co-author, with Sen. Dianne Feinstein, of another bill that would do more to limit NSA wiretapping and would also require judicial review. That bill is also scheduled to appear before the committee next Thursday.

The mandatory judicial review is a sticking point for the White House, whose spokespeople said that "you can trust us....Just don't make it mandatory for us."

Specter has expressed frustration at having to write a wiretapping bill when he does not know the details of the NSA wiretapping program.

Posted by Diane E. Dees on 08/29/06 at 5:02 PM | E-mail | Print



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Specter has expressed frustration at having to write a wiretapping bill when he does not know the details of the NSA wiretapping program.
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Ya know, given the Bush record of lies, I wouldn't trust the current administration with a dog in heat....

But really I wonder why Arlen Specter doesn't know about the NSA wiretapping program? I mean, it isn't to hard to figure out that a simple packet sniffing, or voice capturing program/device can easily intercept and filter personal, and business, data in a myriad of ways. The History of the NSA and Menwith Hill can be found easily at FAS.org.

I wander..

Anyhoo, good article =)

Posted by: Trinary Suka on 08/29/06 at 8:02 PM

Thanks, Trinary. Specter is all sulky because he doesn't sit on the Senate Intelligence Committee.

Posted by: Diane on 08/29/06 at 8:12 PM

Can someone explain to me what the point is of enacting a new law when Bush has already admitted (bragged) about not following the current law?

Won't this just be another law for him to choose to follow or choose to ignore as it suits him?

Isn't this just a show put on by politicians (mostly Repubs) so that they can say they have "done something" about it?

Posted by: Evil Twin on 08/30/06 at 11:49 AM

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