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Bill bans illegal govt eavesdropping
Submitted by New York IFP on Fri, 2007-05-11 16:02.

The US house of representatives today passed a bill outlawing illegal domestic wiretapping by the government.

An amendment to the House Intelligence Reauthorization Bill by Representatives Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Jeff Flake (R-AZ) states that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) shall be the exclusive means by which domestic electronic surveillance for the purpose of gathering foreign intelligence information may be conducted, and makes clear that this applies until specific statutory authorization for electronic surveillance, other than as an amendment to FISA, is enacted.