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Congressional Probe of NSA Spying Is in Doubt

White House Sways Some GOP Lawmakers</a>

Charles Babington

Congress appeared ready to launch an investigation into the Bush administration’s warrantless domestic surveillance program last week, but an all-out White House lobbying campaign has dramatically slowed the effort and may kill it, key Republican and Democratic sources said yesterday.

The Senate intelligence committee is scheduled to vote tomorrow on a Democratic-sponsored motion to start an inquiry into the recently revealed program in which the National Security Agency eavesdrops on an undisclosed number of phone calls and e-mails involving U.S. residents without obtaining warrants from a secret court. Two committee Democrats said the panel – made up of eight Republicans and seven Democrats – was clearly leaning in favor of the motion last week but now is closely divided and possibly inclined against it.</i>

Stunned.

Not.

When the history of this era of America is written- no one, even those of us who have lived thru every disgusting, repellent moment of it- will believe it.


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