Senate Panel Approves New Surveillance Bill

Immunity for Telecom Companies May Raise Concerns
The Senate intelligence committee yesterday produced a new bipartisan bill governing foreign intelligence surveillance conducted inside the United States, but objections by several Democrat lawmakers to some of its provisions raised questions about how quickly it might gain passage. The bill, approved by the committee 13 to 2, would require a special surveillance court to approve the government's procedures for deciding who is to be the subject of warrantless surveillance. It also would impose more restrictions on the government than contained in an emergency six-month law passed in August, which the Bush administration wanted to make permanent. Full story...

Posted by Editor at October 19, 2007 06:48 AM