With a vote expected today in the House on the Restore Act — the Democratic surveillance bill that scales back August’s Protect America Act (PAA) — a split has emerged among civil libertarian groups that unanimously strongly opposed that bill. The ACLU continues to oppose the Democratic bill, but two other prominent civil libertarian organizations, the Center for Democracy and Technology and the Center for National Security Studies are urging passage.
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