NSA Spying Program Legislation

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Here's what the press is saying:

Washington Post: "Mr. Specter's bill ... has been turned into a green light for domestic spying. It must not pass....This bill is not a compromise but a full-fledged capitulation on the part of the legislative branch to executive claims of power."

Los Angeles Times: "[Specter's] compromise solution is too much of a compromise and not enough of a solution."

New York Times: "The bill the president has agreed to accept would allow him to go on ignoring the eavesdropping law.... [The FISA court] is not the right court to make the determination [about the domestic spying program's constitutionality]."

EFF's lawsuit against AT&T aims to expose and stop the company's collaboration with the NSA's massive and illegal domestic spying program. But now several bills in Congress threaten to derail vigorous judicial oversight of the program and let the government off the hook for breaking the law.

On July 14, 2006, Senator Arlen Specter and the White House announced a sham "compromise" bill that would gut long-standing statutory limits on secret surveillance and stack the deck against anyone suing to stop illegal surveillance. It would shuffle legal challenges out of the traditional court system and into the shadowy FISA courts. Worse still, the bill tries to make an end-run around the Fourth Amendment by creating a secret, Congressionally-sanctioned approval process for future dragnet spying programs.

Several other Congressional representatives have also introduced dangerous NSA spying bills. Attempts to rush these proposals through prior to the November 2006 election failed, but the fight is far from over. Learn more about these bills below and take action to stop them now.

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