Bush Gets a Spying Blank Check
In the pre-recess rush to wrap up legislative business - and to avoid a messy confrontation with President Bush - Congress offered only cursory attention to what this provision means and what new abuses are now possible.
For instance, could a one-year surveillance order be issued against an American attorney who was representing a Guantanamo detainee and who traveled to Europe for a legal conference? Could the surveillance order follow that person back ...
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