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  • Specter, Surveillance, and the Courts [SPECTRE Is An Imbecile Alert]

    02/10/2006 6:05:52 AM PST · by conservativecorner · 58 replies · 879+ views
    National Review ^ | Feb. 9, 2006 | Matthew J. Franck
    Yesterday on the floor of the Senate, as some news outlets have reported, Sen. Arlen Specter said he is "now in the process of drafting legislation" that would "require the administration to take the program" of eavesdropping on our enemies when they communicate to and from the United States "to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court." (See here for a PDF of the Congressional Record of Specter's remarks.) I have been a Specter-watcher for some years now, and I have long since come to the conclusion that he is not a clear thinker on matters constitutional. But this embryonic proposal of...