CDT Blasts Meaningless Wiretapping "Compromise" - CDT on Monday criticized a purported "compromise" on the Cheney-Specter warrantless wiretapping bill that led to three Senators announcing their support for the measure. The changes made to the bill were meaningless. The provisions in the Cheney-Specter measure that threaten to dangerously erode both privacy protections and national security remain very much intact, CDT said in a new Policy Post. CDT maintains that it would be better to do nothing than to pass a measure that not only validates the administration's illegal program of warrantless wiretapping, but also grants broad new snooping powers to future administrations. September 26, 2006

• Policy Post: Wiretapping "Compromise" September 25, 2006
• Press Release September 25, 2006
• Senate Bill [PDF] September 26, 2006
• Wilson Bill (House Intelligence) [PDF] September 26, 2006
• Wilson Bill (House Judiciary) [PDF] September 26, 2006
• Statement of Former National Security Officials [PDF] September 25, 2006
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