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February 8th, 2006, 05:38 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Breaking with the White House, the House Republican who chairs a panel that oversees the National Security Agency wants Congress to change a 1978 foreign intelligence law following the disclosure of President Bush's eavesdropping program.
Rep. Heather Wilson, R-N.M., chairwoman of the House Subcommittee on Technical and Tactical Intelligence, says the time has come for a "complete review" of the National Security Agency's program, spokesman Joel Hannahs said.
She believes she has a constitutional responsibility to oversee this program, and the House Intelligence Committee is entitled to full briefings, he said
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Rep. Heather Wilson, R-N.M., chairwoman of the House Subcommittee on Technical and Tactical Intelligence, says the time has come for a "complete review" of the National Security Agency's program, spokesman Joel Hannahs said.
She believes she has a constitutional responsibility to oversee this program, and the House Intelligence Committee is entitled to full briefings, he said
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