Bush Calls For Greater Wiretap Authority

EAVESDROPPING BILL STALLS IN COMMITTEE
[SOURCE: Associated Press, AUTHOR: Laurie Kellman]
President Bush's support proved insufficient to push a bill authorizing his warrantless wiretapping program through the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday. Sen. Arlen Specter, the committee's chairman, said the bill stalled because of election-year obstructionism. The target of his ire was Sen. Russell Feingold (D-WI) who spoke against the bill for about a quarter of the panel's two-hour meeting and offered four amendments. Sen Feingold, a possible presidential candidate, said Specter's bill would give the White House too much power to eavesdrop without a warrant in some circumstances.
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