Democrats to Offer New Surveillance Rules « Thread Started on Oct 8, 2007, 12:23am » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Democrats to Offer New Surveillance Rules By Ellen Nakashima The Washington Post Sunday 07 October 2007read at source> http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/100707Y.shtmlBill aims to meet privacy and security concerns; fierce debate is expected.House Democrats plan to introduce a bill this week that would let a secret court issue one-year "umbrella" warrants to allow the government to intercept e-mails and phone calls of foreign targets and would not require that surveillance of each person be approved individually. The bill is likely to resurrect controversy