Senate Proceeding 02-12-08 on Feb 12th, 2008 :: 0:13:45 to 0:16:15
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Speech By: Sheldon Whitehouse

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Sheldon Whitehouse: and it solves the minimization issue that had been in dispute. i appreciate very much the roles of chairman rockefeller, vice-chairman bond, f.b.i. director mueller, and d.n.i. counsel powell in et going

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Dianne Feinstein: us to a voice vote on this bipartisan amendment. mr. president, i now ask for unanimous consent that amendment number 3920, as modified, be adoptedop by voice vote. the presiding officer: if ness there

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Speech By: Dianne Feinstein

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Dianne Feinstein: is no further debate, all those say aye, all those opposed opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have t the amendment is agreed to. the question is now on amendment 3910, offered by

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Dianne Feinstein: the senator from cavment california. mrs. feinstein: mrmr. president? ? the presiding officer: the senator from california. mrs. feinstein : it is minding dthat there are two minutes even evenly divided,

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Dianne Feinstein: is that correct? the presiding officer: the senator is correct. mrs. feinstein: thank you very much. mr. president, the purpose of this amendment is to strengthen the legal requirement that fisa

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Dianne Feinstein: is the exclusive authority for the electronic surveillance of americans. when fisa was written in 1978, it followed 30 years of warrant warrantless surveillance of communications and telegrams of hundreds of thousands

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Dianne Feinstein: of americans sending messages outside the country. this would stress that fisa is the legal way for the collection of electronic surveillance against americans. the administration in 2001 decide ed that they

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Dianne Feinstein: would not take the terrorist surveillance program to the fes a court, that they would perform this -- to the fisa court, that they would perform this program outside of fisa and it took until january of

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Dianne Feinstein: 2007 to bring this within the confines of fisa where it is to this day. i think we need to make a strong statement in this bill that fisa is the exclusive authority for the electronic surveillance

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Dianne Feinstein: of all americans, and this amendment aims to do it. it provides penalties for moving outside of the law, and i believe it would strengthen the opportunity to prevent the chief executive -- either

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Dianne Feinstein: now or in the future -- from moving outside of this law.~ the presiding officer: who yields time? the senator from missouri. mr. bond: the bill before us already has an exclusive means provision that simply

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Christopher S. Bond: restates congress' intent back in 1978 when fisa was enacted to place the president at his lowest ebb of authority under the constitution which gives him power over foreign intelligence. unfortunately,

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Speech By: Christopher S. Bond