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Monday, September 25, 2006
GOP senators, White House reach deal on NSA warrantless wiretap bill
From CNN's Ted Barrett

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Three Republican senators with civil liberties concerns about the National Security Agency's warrantless domestic surveillance program reached a deal Monday with White House negotiators.

In a statement, Sens. Larry Craig of Idaho, John Sununu of New Hampshire and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, who last week challenged aspects of the wiretap program, said the agreement "provides greater clarification" and "preserves the role of Congress in regulating surveillance."

The compromise clears a major hurdle for the legislation, now likely to be considered on the Senate floor this week. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pennsylvania, would formalize the classified NSA program and allow the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to determine if it is constitutional.
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