The House has approved a new intelligence surveillance bill which was created by Democrats.
The bill is called the “Responsible Electronic Surveillance That is Overseen, Reviewed and Effectvie Act.” Also known as the RESTORE Act.
The new intelligence bill will allow the judicial oversight of eavesdropping programs within the U.S. to be made far more powerful.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stated “The bill is important – it accomplishes the goal of striking the balance between security and liberty in the following ways; it defends Americans against terrorism and other threats; it protects Americans’ civil liberties; and it restores checks and balances.”
She stated no president should have “the authority to have inherent authority to collect surveillance on Americans without doing so under the law.”
She stressed that the Houe wants the president to “have the best possible intelligence” available.
The new bill does not please President Bush in the least bit as he has already issued a major threat to veto the new bill.
The new bill also blocks retroactive immunity from past telecom firms.