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The fur has been flying this week over whether Congress should extend the life of a controversial surveillance law or let it expire tonight.The firestorm surrounding the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Amendments Act (FISA) is just the latest battleground in a debate that has raged throughout the War on Terror — whether the threat of another [...]  read more »

It now appears as though the Congress will allow the current extension to the controversial surveillance law to expire on Friday night rather than try to work out a compromise between separate bills passed by the House and Senate that would extend the legislation for several years. Democrats in the House, who are opposed to [...]  read more »