I was just thinking about the Protect America Act which wasn't extended by the House of Representatives. I wondered: what's the difference between that and the 'other laws' that Nancy Pelosi says gives the same authority, but without the telecom immunity part? So, for starters, I thought 'Well, what the heck does this act say?' Knowing full well that it'd be ten thousand densely written paragraphs, and that my interest would drop off after the third, I still entered the Acts words in Google, just to see what would come back:
Fact Sheet: The Protect America Act of 2007
Aug 6, 2007 ... The Protect America Act Modernizes The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) To Give Intelligence Professionals The Tools They ...
www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/08/20070806-5.html - 22k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this - Filter
President Bush Discusses Protect America Act
Feb 13, 2008 ... President Bush on Wednesday said, "Congress has had over six months to discuss and deliberate. The time for debate is over.
www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/02/20080213.html - 22k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this - Filter
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American Civil Liberties Union : ACLU Fact Sheet on the “Police ...
The so-called “Protect America Act of 2007," which we are calling the “Police America Act," allows for massive, untargeted collection of international ...
www.aclu.org/safefree/nsaspying/31203res20070807.html - 28k -
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