Max: Dodd/Wyden '08
It looks like at least a couple of our public servants care about the Constitution.
But passage in the committee came with one unexpected hitch. In an interview after the closed session, Mr. Wyden said he had succeeded, by a vote of 9 to 6, in adding an amendment that would offer additional protections by requiring that the government get a warrant whenever it wanted to wiretap an American outside the country, like an American soldier based overseas or a business person.
“The individual freedom of an American shouldn’t depend on their physical geography,” he said.
But Mr. Wyden said the administration vigorously opposed that measure and was threatening to veto any final bill if it is included.
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In addition, Senator Christopher J. Dodd, a Connecticut Democrat who is running for president, announced on his campaign Web site Thursday that he would [filibuster]on the proposed bill. That legislative maneuver would create another obstacle.
But passage in the committee came with one unexpected hitch. In an interview after the closed session, Mr. Wyden said he had succeeded, by a vote of 9 to 6, in adding an amendment that would offer additional protections by requiring that the government get a warrant whenever it wanted to wiretap an American outside the country, like an American soldier based overseas or a business person.
“The individual freedom of an American shouldn’t depend on their physical geography,” he said.
But Mr. Wyden said the administration vigorously opposed that measure and was threatening to veto any final bill if it is included.
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In addition, Senator Christopher J. Dodd, a Connecticut Democrat who is running for president, announced on his campaign Web site Thursday that he would [filibuster]on the proposed bill. That legislative maneuver would create another obstacle.
posted by Max Dobberstein at 10/19/2007 02:29:00 PM
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