Senate Committee Strikes Deal on Wiretaps

By Mary Louise Kelly

Published October 18, 2007 at 4:00 PM EDT

Senate Democrats and Republicans on one committee have struck a deal on the continuing use of domestic wiretaps in the war on terrorism. But other key figures in the Senate say the deal gives up too much.

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