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The NSA has surveillance rules already. His bill actually loosens restrictions and would likely be used as retroactive justification for Bush's decision to ignore the law.

Kate Martin, director of the Center for National Security Studies, a civil rights group, said the bill's language is alarmingly broad. "It's not limited to al-Qaeda or even terrorism," she said. Those who communicate with "foreign powers" could include a vast array of innocent people, Martin said.

We're gonna sneak that shit in one way or another, aren't we?

Specter Proposes NSA Surveillance Rules
Measure Would Make Administration Seek FISA Court's Permission to Eavesdrop
By Charles Babington
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, February 26, 2006; A11