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Surveillance Budget for FISA Court Gets a Boost

Chitra Ragavan writes on U.S. News & World Report:

With the Bush administration's revelation that it will replace the controversial warrantless surveillance program conducted by the National Security Agency with a plan approved by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act court, the fiscal 2007 budget includes a $3.1 million increase to address what is expected to be a spike in FISA applications.

FISA, the secret court that issues wiretap orders from Justice Department requests to conduct electronic surveillance and physical searches of suspected international terrorists or spies, already has had an increased workload since 9/11.

posted by Fergie @ 2/05/2007 05:51:00 PM