The Bush Administration's proposed bill to "modernize" the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) would make its recent promise to end its warrantless wiretapping program virtually meaningless. For example, the bill's proposed redefinition of "electronic surveillance" would allow warrantless surveillance of all Americans' international calls and emails--so long as by sweeping up the content of everyone's communications they are not targeting anyone in particular. The proposal would also allow the government to collect information about Americans' domestic and international calls and emails (whom you contacted, when, length of contact, etc.) without warrants. And, it would provide legal authority for warrantless access to purely domestic e-mails and cell phone calls, if the NSA doesn't "reasonably believe" you and all the people you communicate with are located in the US.

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