Wiretap Bill Moves Closer to Passage (p)(f) Last-minute changes to legislation authorizing the National Security Agency's warrantless wiretapping program have won the support of three balking Senate Republicans, improving the chances that a bill expanding the Bush administration's surveillance authority will pass Congress this week. September 26, 2006; Page A03 in Public bookmarkswith civilnsarights
Wiretap Surrender (p)(f) SENATE JUDICIARY Committee Chairman Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) has cast his agreement with the White House on legislation concerning the National Security Agency's warrantless surveillance as a compromise -- one in which President Bush accepts judicial review of the program. It isn't a compromise, except quite dramatically on the senator's part. EDITORIAL July 15, 2006 in Public bookmarkswith civilgovernmentnsareformrights