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Monday, August 6, 2007

Bush Signs Law to Widen Legal Reach for Wiretapping

"President Bush signed into law on Sunday legislation that broadly expanded the government's authority to eavesdrop on the international telephone calls and e-mail messages of American citizens without warrants," reports The New York Times. According to the report, "Congressional aides and others familiar with the details of the law said that its impact went far beyond the small fixes that administration officials had said were needed to gather information about foreign terrorists."