UNITED STATES: Congress tackles NSA domestic spying

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In this article

  • Dilatory political debate
  • Democrats
  • Republicans
  • Public opinion
  • The government's position
  • Legal arguments
  • FISA
  • AUMF
  • The Hamdi decision
  • 'Inherent' constitutional authority?
  • Judicial review?
  • Legitimate intelligence concerns
  • Technical capability
  • Thwarting terrorists
  • Targeting al-Qaida
  • Technology and intelligence
  • Limits of signals intelligence
  • Congressional reaction
  • CRS findings
  • Conservative unease
  • Congressional power
  • Outcomes

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