U.S. Authority To Intercept Electronic Comunications Extended
Federal Power To Intercept Messages Is Extended -- New York Times
WASHINGTON — Congress gave final approval on Friday to a bill extending the government’s power to intercept electronic communications of spy and terrorism suspects, after the Senate voted down proposals from several Democrats and Republicans to increase protections of civil liberties and privacy.
The Senate passed the bill by a vote of 73 to 23, clearing it for approval by President Obama, who strongly supports it. Intelligence agencies said the bill was their highest legislative priority.
Critics of the bill, including Senators Ron Wyden of Oregon, a Democrat, and Rand Paul of Kentucky, a Republican, expressed concern that electronic surveillance, though directed at noncitizens, inevitably swept up communications of Americans as well.
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My Comment: When this Act was passed years ago by President Bush and a Republican Congress it was front page on the New York Times (as it should be). Now .... this story and this same bill is deeply buried in the New York Times that I only discovered accidentally today .... media bias .... nah.
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