(2008-07-09) Fisa Amendments Act Passed

The FISA Amendments Act of 2008 was passed by the US Congress.

It includes immunity for the TelCo-s who cooperated with the illegal WireTap requests of the White House.

Ron Paul and others have joined to create an Accountability Now PAC to go after congress-critters who supported this.

A summary of the changes. It Eliminates the requirement that there be probable cause that a foreign target is a suspect of any kind... It eliminates of the need to specify a particular email address or phone number to be wiretapped.