Specter: unchecked domestic spying is "just plain wrong"

Senate Judiciary Chairman Arlen Specter has written a bill which would require the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to "provide a broad constitutional review of the surveillance activities every 45 days and evaluate whether the government has followed previous authorizations that are issued."

Describing the White House's approach to domestic spying, Specter said that "[t]hey want to do just as they please, for as long as they can get away with it . . . I think what is going on now without congressional intervention or judicial intervention is just plain wrong."

"Specter Takes Senate Lead on Eavesdropping" [AP]
Sen. Arlen Specter's bill [Thomas.loc.gov]
Sen. Mike DeWine's bill [Thomas.loc.gov]
Sen. Robert Byrd's bill [Thomas.loc.gov]

(Edited on 3/24/06 to include links to the three competing Senate bills dealing with domestic spying.)