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Edited on Wed Dec-21-05 02:39 AM by ashling
Experts debate domestic spying By Fred Lucas
THE NEWS-TIMES Even Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman, considered the administration's chief Democratic ally on the war on terror, doesn't like President Bush's order that allows spies to listen to phone calls and e-mails of U.S. citizens.
Lieberman weighed in Monday on a national controversy that has provoked mixed opinion among the legal community in Connecticut.
The problem, Lieberman said, is that the president didn't follow existing law.
Lieberman said he wants to know why Bush did not use the authority he has under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which allows domestic spying if it is approved by a court.
"I still have not heard the argument as to why that step, provided by law, has not been taken," Lieberman said at a news conference in Washington. "If for some reason it is thought to be too burdensome, well, then the administration should come to us and make that case."
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