Democrats vs. Wiretapping

Rawstory reports:

Seventy two members of Congress filed papers late Wednesday seeking to end President George W. Bush's warrantless NSA eavesdropping program, RAW STORY has learned.

The filing came just before a report Thursday in USA Today which revealed that the National Security Agency's warrantless wiretapping program had collected call records on tens of millions of Americans through agreements with AT&T, Verizon and BellSouth.

It also comes a day after lawyers looking into the NSA program abruptly closed their probe after the Bush Administration refused to grant them clearances.

The 71 Democrats and one independent filed an amicus brief in two federal courts reviewing challenges to the warrantless wiretapping program in Detroit and New York, joining the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights. Both suits demand the program be stopped.

Major Democratic leaders, such as House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) didn't sign on. More as it developes.

Bush will be addressing these new revelations... actually, he's addressing them now. So far behind...

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