Senate Considers Renewing FISA Legislation

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The Senate continued to wrangle today over the renewing FISA legislation. At stake is providing retroactive immunity for telecommunications companies that allegedly violated the law by aiding the Bush Administration spying program; also at issue is updating the definition of "weapons of mass destruction". Today's Senate bill was already passed by the House – but now it's been discovered that some members of the House changed their votes after receiving money for telecommunications companies. Karen Miller has more.

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