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House Committees Approve Spy Bills

Ryan Singel writes on 27B Stroke 6:

The House Judiciary Committee and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence both approved versions of a wiretapping bill that radically expands presidential snooping power and legalizes the current the National Security Agency's warrantless surveillance program.

The committees passed differing versions of H.R. 5825, the "Electronic Surveillance Modernization Act," authored by Representative Heather Wilson (R-NM), while a companion bill in the Senate has been resubmitted to the Senate Intelligence Committee.

posted by Fergie @ 9/20/2006 06:31:00 PM