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Bush to Give Senate Panel Some Domestic Spying Docs

Ryan Singel writes on Threat Level:

Just days before the Senate Judiciary committee begins deliberating a bill expanding the government's spying power, the White House announced that the Committee can see some legal memos justifying and approving the government's secret, warrantless spying program.

But the White House will not extend that privilege to the House Intelligence or Judiciary committees, according to the New York Times, since their bill doesn't include retroactive immunity for the telcos that likely violated federal privacy laws by helping the government spy on Americans without warrants.

posted by Fergie @ 10/26/2007 07:08:00 PM