Administration Proposes Vast Expansion of Spy Powers
The administration proposed a bill on Friday to relax certain legal restrictions on the government�s ability to intercept telephone calls and other communications in the United States. The proposal would change provisions in the primary law on domestic surveillance that the Bush administration says limit its ability to spy on the domestic and international communications of foreigners and would provide new legal immunity for telecommunications companies that have been sued for cooperating with the government as it conducts domestic wiretapping.
Legislation Seeks to Ease Rules on Domestic Spying, New York Times, April 14, 2007.
