NSA Train Wreck

NSA TRAIN WRECK
[SOURCE: Washington Post, AUTHOR: Editorial Staff]
[Commentary] Since news first broke of the National Security Agency's warrantless domestic wiretapping, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter (R-PA) has fought for greater congressional and judicial oversight of the program. He's to be commended for that. But the bill he's introduced is not the right remedy. Legislation that authorizes and limits necessary surveillance is surely the ultimate goal. But many key lawmakers, including Sen Specter, have not been briefed fully on what the NSA is doing, so it is way too early to be legislating -- and all the more dangerous not just to tinker but to fundamentally alter the rules.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/11/AR200606...
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* Specter seeks results on surveillance rules
http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20060612/a_capcol12.art.htm