Interim Wiretap Plan Proposed

Evan Perez / Wall Street Journal:
A Democrat proposal that would expand federal surveillance powers for six months avoids the sensitive question of whether telecommunications companies should be absolved of legal liabilities for aiding the government's intelligence activities. The interim legislation, proposed yesterday by Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D., W.Va.), chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, would give the Bush administration expanded powers to monitor telecommunications traffic as part of its counterterrorism efforts.

Posted by Editor at August 2, 2007 03:25 AM