Senate Authorizes Broad Expansion Of Surveillance Act

Paul Kane
Washington Post
February 13, 2008

The Senate yesterday approved a sweeping measure that would expand the government’s clandestine surveillance powers, delivering a key victory to the White House by approving immunity from lawsuits for telecommunications companies that cooperated with intelligence agencies in domestic spying after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

On a 68 to 29 vote, the Senate approved the reauthorization of a law that would give the government greater powers to eavesdrop in terrorism and intelligence cases without obtaining warrants from a secret court.

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This article was posted: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 at 11:16 am

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