[privacy] Bush Spy Chief Seeks to Boost U.S. Spy Powers

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via SFGate.com (AP).

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President Bush's spy chief is pushing to expand the government's
surveillance authority at the same time the administration is under attack
for stretching its domestic eavesdropping powers.

National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell has circulated a draft bill
that would expand the government's powers under the Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act, liberalizing how that law can be used.

Known as "FISA," the 1978 law was passed to allow surveillance in espionage
and other foreign intelligence investigations, but still allow federal
judges on a secretive panel to ensure protections for U.S. citizens — at
home or abroad — and other permanent U.S. residents.

The changes McConnell is seeking mostly affect a cloak-and-dagger category
of warrants used to investigate suspected spies, terrorists and other
national security threats. The surveillance could include planting
listening devices and hidden cameras, searching luggage and breaking into
homes to make copies of computer hard drives.

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More:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/04/10/national/w14140
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- - ferg

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