From The Raw Story
Brian Beutler

A bill that expands President Bush’s ability to wiretap American phones and conduct other forms of domestic surveillance will likely appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee next Thursday, RAW STORY has learned.

The bill, which was written by judiciary chairman Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA), and which has been widely and publicly excoriated by Democratic members of the committee, contains provisions–such as the institution of program-wide warrants, and warrants that do not expire for a year–that would weaken the strict limits that currently govern the FISA courts.

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