NY Times misrepresented GOP domestic spying proposal as "reinforc[ing]" FISA court's authority

SUMMARY: The New York Times reported that the recent agreement between the White House and Republican senators concerning the Bush administration's warrantless domestic surveillance program "would reinforce the authority of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court." In fact, the reported agreement, if it is introduced as legislation, would codify the program's status outside the reach of the court.

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