[privacy] Bush Asks Congress to Alter 1978 Eavesdropping Law

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

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Via The Boston Globe (Reuters).

[snip]

The Bush administration asked Congress on Friday to expand the number of
people it can subject to electronic surveillance in the United States.

The request was contained in a proposed bill authored by intelligence and
Justice Department officials that also protects companies that cooperate
with spy operations.

Legislation submitted a week ahead of a Senate hearing on government
surveillance practices calls for the 1978 law that governs eavesdropping
operations to be updated to combat the threat from Islamist militants who
use computer and wireless technology that did not exist in the 1970s.

[snip]

More:
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2007/04/13/bush_asks_
congress_to_alter_1978_eavesdropping_law/

- - ferg

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