Friday, June 20, 2008

President Bush Praises New Surveillance Law Past By House

AP.Google.com has this report up today and it starts off like this...
The House Friday easily approved a compromise bill setting new electronic surveillance rules that effectively shield telecommunications companies from lawsuits arising from the government's terrorism-era warrantless eavesdropping on phone and computer lines in this country... The bill, which was passed on a 293-129 vote, does more than just protect the telecoms. The update to the 30-year-old Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is an attempt to balance privacy rights with the government's responsibility to protect the country against attack, taking into account changes in telecommunications technologies...
Read the full report at link below...
House passes new surveillance law

FoxNews.com reports it this way...
Bush Praises Accomplishments on Terror Surveillance, War Spending Measures

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