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Article: SEN. DEWINE TERRORIST SURVEILLANCE ACT PASSES COMMITTEE, GOES TO FLOOR FOR CONSIDERATION
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- September 13, 2006
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The office of Sen. Mike DeWine, R-Ohio, issued the following press release:
Sen. Mike DeWine (R-OH) today announced that his bill, the Terrorist Surveillance Act of 2006, passed out of the Judiciary Committee by a party line vote of 10-8. The bill is a measure that would provide a statutory framework, with congressional and judicial oversight, for our government to conduct electronic surveillance on the international communications of suspected terrorists, while protecting the rights and liberties of American citizens.
"I am pleased that the Judiciary Committee has moved one step closer to providing specific legal authorization for this critical anti-terrorism program, while at the same ...