Broad new surveillance powers approved by Congress this month could allow the Bush administration to conduct spy operations that go well beyond wiretapping to include — without court approval — certain types of physical searches on American soil and the collection of Americans’ business records, Democratic Congressional officials and other experts said.
Care to issue another statement explaining your support of this bill, Sen. Webb? The Republicans have learned how to play the Democrats like a fiddle. Just claim that if they don't support a bill -- no matter how intrusive, unconstitutional or insane -- that we will get attacked and they will be blamed.