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WASHINGTON -- The House voted Thursday to give the president the formal power to order wiretaps on Americans without a court order for 90 days, even as a federal judge in Detroit once again declared the administration's program of wiretapping without warrants to be illegal.
The House approved the surveillance measure, 232-191, after rejecting efforts by Democrats and some Republicans to impose greater restrictions on the wiretapping authority.See the full content of this document
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House Oks Measure Allowing Wiretaps
It appears all but certain that Congress will not reach an agreement on a final surveillance bill before its pre-election recess this week.
Senate Republicans held out hope that they would vote today or Saturday on ...See the full content of this document
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