Bush Signs Law to Widen Legal Reach for Wiretapping

New York Times by James Risen | Aug. 6, 2007 (News Report)

President Bush signed into law on Sunday legislation that broadly expanded the government's authority to eavesdrop on the international telephone calls and e-mail messages of American citizens without warrants.

Congressional aides and others familiar with the details of the law said that its impact went far beyond the small fixes that administration officials had said were needed to gather information about foreign terrorists. They said seemingly ... Full Story »

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David Starr
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 by David Starr - Oct. 1, 2008

Important story, miserable coverage from NYT. Author relies upon unnamed sources for the bill's contents rather than reading it himself. (Probably can't read that well) He tells us who is for it and who is against it, but he fails to tell us poor citizens and voters what the bill actually contains. What are the rules for intercept of foreign to foreign, foreign to domestic and domestic to domestic calls. Does it treat email like a cell phone call? What about domestic to domestic calls where one party is a foreign embassy located on US soil? In short James Risen displays the profound ignorance of the typical MSM reporter

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