Fate of electronic intercept law up to Senate

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A law that allows the US government to eavesdrop on American electronic communications like phone calls and email.

Without a warrant is set to expire at the end of this month -- into the year.

And the debate over whether to extend the fights that act is heating up in the senate here to weigh in is Fox News legal.

Analyst Peter -- good morning Steve justifies amendments act also known as the FAA it allows the federal government.

To eavesdrop on conversations between Americans and people around the world right without a warrant only a certification that what they're doing is.

Legal it's don't know individualized -- going to a court saying.

We want to eavesdrop on X we -- look at email we wanna hear cell phone calls one of your land line calls.

And what the federal government has the capacity to do it all goes to place in Virginia.

Is look at entire in boxes of people that they suspect have connections to al-Qaeda.

Other terrorist organizations.

And -- the ACLU says hands off no must stop doing this.

There's a case the United States Supreme Court and now the senate is looking whether to extend.

This another five years the houses -- -- said.

Yeah let's do it it's important for -- there are a couple of senators in this is bipartisan in in their opposition to it Wyden of as you can see right there of -- and Mike Lee of Utah Republican right what are there.

You know what -- opposition will who's part of the so called -- who's been dragged -- What are the identities of these people how many Americans are and snared in this -- it shouldn't charity.

And the federal government's it won't have to tell you -- Because this is -- top secret private we won't even admit that we've done it at all except that we have the power to do it and they go to a court every year.

And generally say this is what we intend to do.

And there are a computer systems.

That pick up things about foreign powers foreign intelligence nuclear proliferation al-Qaeda every named and unnamed.

As terrorist group in the world and they sift through it and they say.

They leave here is a leader here can we stop a nuclear attack can we stop the next on 9/11 my view is.

Yeah maybe it's a Fourth Amendment -- for some Americans but there's going to be greater Fourth Amendment breaches if in fact we have another attack sure on our soil and our freedom is -- Even more I say it's little.

Enough no it has proven any harm rightly or wrongly as a result of any of these eavesdropping at all.

The big -- is what is the larger risk so let's see with let's take.

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