GOP NSA Bill Would Allow Up to 45 DAYS of Spying Without A Warrant

[kpete]

GOP Senators Call For Allowing 45 Days of Warrantless Spying

Bill Would Allow Warrantless Spying
GOP Plan Would Bring Surveillance Under Review of Congress, FISA Court

By Charles Babington
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, March 17, 2006; Page A05

The bill would allow the NSA to eavesdrop, without a warrant, for up to 45 days per case, at which point the Justice Department would have three options. It could drop the surveillance, seek a warrant from FISA's court, or convince a handful of House and Senate members that although there is insufficient evidence for a warrant, continued surveillance "is necessary to protect the United States," according to a summary the four sponsors provided yesterday. They are Mike DeWine (Ohio), Lindsey O. Graham (S.C.), Chuck Hagel (Neb.) and Olympia J. Snowe (Maine).

more at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/16/AR2006031601861.html

[SongOfTheRayne]

1. lalalalalalala not real not real not real

*going completley insane* just a dream...just a dream...just because i was working on a thesis paper before i went to bed...not real...not real...just the kind of dream i have because i was referencing "1984" in the paper I was working on before I went to bed...not real...just a dream...a doubleplus ungood dream... lalalala....lalalalala...i'll wake up soon...the chocolate ration will have increased from 30 to 20 grams...not real... i'm not real...i'm an unperson because i've been vaporized because this is thoughtcrime... and this isn't real...can't be happening, LALALALA!!!!

[NVMojo]

2. it's people like us who they want to spy on! That's why this is so

important! They are skeerd of losing!!

[ladjf]

3. What does the administration have against obtaining a warrant?

[liveoaktx]

4. No. Here's the problem. The NSA is "detecting" and sifting through

information in the first place BEFORE it ever gets to the point of culling out possible suspects. The issue that should be raised is why they are allowed to have access IN THE FIRST PLACE to the telecomm switches to collect info.