Senators Want Secret Warrantless Wiretap Renewal

An anonymous reader writes "A group of Senators are meeting in secret today, while most people are focused on the 'debt ceiling' issue, in order to try to rush through a renewal of the FISA Amendments Act, which expressly allowed warrantless wiretapping in the U.S. The law isn't set to expire until next year, but some feel that the debt ceiling crisis is a good distraction to pass the extension without having to debate the issue in public. The meeting is being held in secret, but it's not classified, so people can demand to know how their Senator voted."

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Re:Which Senators was in the secret meeting?

[nschubach]

FTA:

        Dianne Feinstein, California (chair)
        Saxby Chambliss, Georgia (vice chair)
        John D. Rockefeller IV, West Virginia
        Olympia J. Snowe, Maine
        Ron Wyden, Oregon
        Richard Burr, North Carolina
        Barbara A. Mikulski, Maryland
        James Risch, Idaho
        Bill Nelson, Florida
        Daniel Coats, Indiana
        Kent Conrad, North Dakota
        Roy Blunt, Missouri
        Mark Udall, Colorado
        Marco Rubio, Florida
        Mark Warner, Virginia