McClatchy: Democrats: New spy law adds privacy protections

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Democrats: New spy law adds privacy protections
By Renee Schoof | McClatchy Newspapers

* Posted on Tuesday, October 9, 2007


WASHINGTON — Democrats in House of Representatives on Tuesday unveiled a proposed eavesdropping law that they say gives the National Security Agency the power to target suspected foreign terrorists, but protects the constitutional rights of Americans.

The American Civil Liberties Union said the proposed legislation would be an improvement over a law hastily enacted in August because it would add safeguards to ensure privacy rights at home. But the group said the protections don't go far enough.

The Bush administration and the Democratic-controlled Congress are now expected to tussle over the need to protect the United States from terrorists plotting abroad and the need to protect the privacy of Americans whose phone conversations, e-mails or records could be swept up in the eavesdropping.

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