Dems Grapple with FISA...

[bridgit]

'Even as Congress seeks to determine whether Alberto Gonzales lied under oath about the administration's warrantless wiretapping program, the Democrats have been negotiating with the administration to update the surveillance under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).

As The Los Angeles Times reports this morning, the alleged need for such a fix was precipitated by a FISA court judge's ruling, which restricted the ability of the National Security Agency to collect information on multiple surveillance targets under a single warrant. Additionally, the FISA Court apparently balked at allowing the NSA to collect intelligence on persons whose location inside or outside the U.S. is unknown. Indeed, there's a lot that isn't clear about the ruling -- the FISA Court meets in secret -- but the Bush administration has apparently persuaded congressional leaders that it creates a cumbersome standard for surveillance, given the extent of the threat from terrorism.'

http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/003840.php

[ananda]

1. OK, have the Dems caved or not?!!

"but the Bush administration has apparently persuaded congressional leaders that it creates a cumbersome standard for surveillance, given the extent of the threat from terrorism.'"

Sheesh!

[bridgit]

2. Good question; that there are people in this world that would have harm befall us...

foreign & domestic is I think without doubt. Perhaps "surveillance" will be seen in the end as a two-way street after-all in that I'd like to know what cheney/bush/rove are really up to