WV 1/22/2008: Total Surveillance

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Director of National Intelligence McConnell says he wants more authority to spy on electronic communication in the US. We'll discuss plans for expanded surveillance and the updated FISA bill. It'll provide greater executive authority to bypass judicial oversight and give retroactive immunity to telephone companies who went along with illegal requests for data.


DNI McConnell and Electronic Surveillance

Lawrence Wright — Author, The Looming Tower; Staff Writer, The New Yorker; Author of The Spymaster in the January 21 issue
Cyber-Privacy vs. Electronic Security

Marc Rotenberg — Executive Director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center
New FISA Bill

Helen Fessenden — Editor for Congressional Newspaper The Hill; Author of the article, DoJ, ACLU Cool to Specter’s FISA Deal