Senate passes anti-terror spy bill

Another Victory in the War on Terror, from Yahoo/AP:

The Senate bill gives Bush the expanded eavesdropping authority for
six months. The temporary powers give Congress time to hammer out a more
comprehensive plan instead of rushing approval for a permanent bill in the
waning hours before lawmakers begin their monthlong break.
The Senate vote
was 60-28. Both parties had agreed to require 60 votes for passage.
Senate
Republicans, aided by Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell, said the
update to the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, would at
least temporarily close gaps in the nation's security system.
"Al-Qaida is
not going on vacation this month," said Sen. Republican leader Mitch McConnell
of Kentucky. "And we can't either until we know we've done our duty to the
American people."

This is good news, as America nears its goal of bringing the perpetrators of 9/11, 2001 to justice.

Update-The House passed the same bill, 227-183.