[privacy] Democratic Concessions Are Expected on Wiretapping

[Paul Ferguson]

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Via The New York Times.

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Two months after vowing to roll back broad new wiretapping powers won by
the Bush administration, Congressional Democrats appear ready to make
concessions that could extend some of the key powers granted to the
National Security Agency.

Bush administration officials say they are confident they will win approval
of the broadened wiretapping authority that they secured temporarily in
August as Congress rushed toward recess, and some Democratic officials
admit that they may not come up with the votes to rein in the
administration.

As the debate over the N.S.A.’s wiretapping powers begins anew this week,
the emerging legislation reflects the political reality confronting the
Democrats. While they are willing to oppose the White House on the conduct
of the war in Iraq, they remain nervous that they will be labeled as soft
on terrorism if they insist on strict curbs on intelligence gathering.

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More:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/08/washington/09cnd-nsa.html

Just 'Say No'.
http://stopthespying.org/

Any legislator that caves in on this issue will not get my vote
next term. Period.

- - ferg

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