On 2006-02-18T10:15:40+0100, Eugen Leitl wrote:

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From: feis <feis@ravenndragon.net> Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 17:34:40 -0500 To: cryptography@metzdowd.com Subject: Sen.: White House Agrees to Spy Law Change X-Mailer: AnkyMail

Sen.: White House Agrees to Spy Law Change By KATHERINE SHRADER, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 35 minutes ago

Senate Intelligence Chairman Pat Roberts said he has worked out an agreement with the White House to change U.S. law regarding the National Security Agency's warrantless surveillance program and provide more information about it to Congress.

"We are trying to get some movement, and we have a clear indication of that movement," Roberts, R-Kan., said.

Without offering specifics, Roberts said the agreement with the White House provides "a fix" to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and offers more briefings to the Senate Intelligence Committee.

Translation: Cut us into the action, and we'll sweep this one under the rug. I feel ill. What ever happened to separation of powers? -- The six phases of a project: I. Enthusiasm. IV. Search for the Guilty. II. Disillusionment. V. Punishment of the Innocent. III. Panic. VI. Praise & Honor for the Nonparticipants.