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| TLG SnapUPdate Podcast: ACLU Vows to Challenge FISA Immunity Provisions Washington, DC : The ACLU plans to challenge the FISA bill passed on July 9, 2008, by the Senate. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ("FISA") grants telecommunications companies, which helped the National Security Agency spy on Americans, retroactive civil immunity from lawsuits According to the New York Times, "the new FISA bill clarifies the scope of government intelligence activities, depending on the type and origin of the communication, and provides greater latitude to use technology to track foreign terrorism suspects overseas." The new version of the bill still requires a warrant to track Americans in the U.S., but does not require permission to track foreign citizens who are oversees, regardless of whether the surveillance passes through domestic-based communication networks. "If the overseas target is a U.S. citizen, a warrant would be required -- regardless of where and how the spying takes place." There have been multiple attempts over the past three years to revise the FISA bill. Sens. Russ Feingold (D-WI) and Chris Dodd (D-CT) co-sponsored an amendment to FISA that would have eliminated the retroactive immunity provision from the bill. However, this, and two other modified bills were defeated on Wednesday. Instead, the Senate approved the FISA update by a 69-28 vote. Senator Barack Obama has come under scrutiny over the past few weeks for his ... |
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