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Democrats Offer Compromise Plan On Surveillance

Proposal Would Involve FISA Court in Warrants
Congressional Democrats outlined a temporary plan yesterday that would expand the government's authority to conduct electronic surveillance of overseas communications in search of terrorists. The proposal, according to House and Senate Democrats, would permit a secret court to issue broad orders approving eavesdropping of communications involving suspects overseas and other people, who may be in the United States. To issue an order, the court would not need to identify a particular target overseas, but it would have to determine that those being targeted are "likely," in fact, overseas. Full story...

Posted by Editor at August 2, 2007 02:48 PM