Friday, November 16, 2007

House passes FISA update without telecom immunity

House Democrats succeeded Thursday in passing a foreign surveillance law update that would restore judicial oversight to foreign intelligence gathering efforts aimed at Americans and would not grant legal immunity to telecom companies that facilitated the warrantless surveillance of Americans.On a 224-192 vote, largely along party lines ...

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