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FISA Redux in the Works?

Rebecca Carr writes on Window on Washington:

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., all but admits today that it was a mistake to give the Bush White House expanded surveillance powers before lawmakers raced out of town earlier this month.

In a letter to Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman John Rockefeller, D-West Va., and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., Reid urges the chairmen to quickly pass new legislation this fall that “better serves American national security interests and comports with the Constitution and proper judicial and congressional oversight.”

Cutting to the chase of his letter: the rush to revamp the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act was too hurried and overlooked important constitutional considerations. Congressional oversight needed pronto.

posted by Fergie @ 8/15/2007 05:29:00 PM