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Article: Boxer, Feinstein oppose rules on eavesdropping
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- The Sun, San Bernardino, Calif.
- Article date:
- February 17, 2008
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The Senate on Tuesday passed new rules for government
eavesdropping on phone calls and e-mails. Here is a look at how
local members of Congress voted on that measure last week as well as
a few others.
New rules on eavesdropping pass
President Bush said he was pleased the Senate on Tuesday passed
new rules for government eavesdropping on phone calls and e-mails.
The president said the legislation is necessary to determine who
terrorists are talking to, what they are saying and what they are
planning. Protection for the telecom companies is the most prominent
feature of the legislation, something Bush had insisted on as
essential to getting private-sector cooperation in spying on foreign ...
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