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Senate Republicans have drafted a new bill to address concerns surrounding President Bush's warrantless eavesdropping on Americans, but a copy of the legislation, obtained by TIME, shows it is not likely to end the controversy anytime soon. That's because even as the bill would impose some tough new restrictions on Bush's program, it would also legalize it. All of which means it will satisfy neither a White House that wants unlimited wartime power nor civil libertarians who want to prevent what they see as unwarranted electronic searches prohibited by the Constitution...
...having Democrats whine about Bush's warrantless wiretaps: all they talked about before was how the President never listened to them." --WILL DURST...
...another way, in the case of the warrantless wiretapping, there is the mystery of the facts, and the mystery of the law. Neither has been solved. If we are heading to court, the Bush team will argue both if it can. But it so far does not see a need to argue either...
...have the facts, argue the law. And that may be as good a way as any to understand the latest developments in the Bush administration's controversial "terrorist surveillance" program. Perhaps administration officials have now quietly demonstrated to lawmakers behind closed doors on Capitol Hill that its warrantless wiretapping has yielded valuable national security tools and tips. It may be days before we know for sure. While we wait, here are a couple of mysteries that well-informed lawyers who have worked in the murky world of secret snooping say are worth exploring...
...what did the U.S. learn? What plots were foiled, what leads were obtained, what links were unveiled as a result of these warrantless searches? If the government can show that the snooping kept Americans safe and sound, this controversy will disappear quickly. But it hasn't taken that approach-yet. The administration so far responds to every inquiry about how the new snooping works-and how well it works-with a firm refusal to get into what it calls "operational details." The President tried to argue the facts a bit today, suggesting almost obliquely that his administration's no-quarter...