Reply #67: AP Heather Wilson story: House Republican Calls for FISA Changes

[Judi Lynn]

House Republican Calls for FISA Changes
By KATHERINE SHRADER, Associated Press Writer
Wednesday, February 8, 2006
(02-08) 09:13 PST WASHINGTON (AP) --

Breaking with the White House, the House Republican who chairs a panel that oversees the National Security Agency wants Congress to change a 1978 foreign intelligence law following the disclosure of President Bush's eavesdropping program.

Rep. Heather Wilson, R-N.M., chairwoman of the House Subcommittee on Technical and Tactical Intelligence, says the time has come for a "complete review" of the National Security Agency's program, spokesman Joel Hannahs said.

She believes she has a constitutional responsibility to oversee this program, and the House Intelligence Committee is entitled to full briefings, he said.

Hannahs also said that Wilson believes the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act needs to be updated to "take into account new technology." The law governs the monitoring of calls inside the United States for national security reasons.
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