The bill would amend
the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978
to expand the authority of the attorney general and the director of
National Intelligence to conduct surveillance of the communication
between suspected foreign terrorists without a court warrant.
Communications companies would be compelled to comply with the
government's conduct of such surveillance. FISA would not have direct
oversight over it, which is necessary to ensure that the government
does not abuse its surveillance power. The bill passed on a vote of
60-28.
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