...I think the potential "gotcha" I referred to earlier is the last paragraph about consolidating the various surveillance suits into one case brought before FISC....meaning they'd only have to worry about winning one case instead of dozens?
The whole "misusing information" thing is interesting -- what standard will be used to determine such misuse? -rf http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,203339,00.html < - > Specter told the committee that the bill, among other things, would: Require the attorney general to give the intelligence court information on the program's constitutionality, the government's efforts to protect Americans' identities and the basis used to determine that the intercepted communications involve terrorism. Expand the time for emergency warrants secured under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act from three to seven days. Create a new offense if government officials misuse information. At the NSA's request, clarify that international calls that merely pass through terminals in the United States are not subject to the judicial process established under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The administration official, who asked not to be identified because discussions are still ongoing, said the bill also would give the attorney general power to consolidate the 100 lawsuits filed against the surveillance operations into one case before the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. _______________________________________________ Infowarrior mailing list [email protected] https://attrition.org/mailman/listinfo/infowarrior
