Congress Agrees to Rewrite Wiretap Rules

The House has approved what amounts to a major White House victory on the contentious issue of wiretapping without court orders. Before today's vote, President Bush urged passage because of the bill's value to the intelligence community in determining terrorists' activities and identities. Eric Lichtblau, who covers the Justice Department for the New York Times, is author of Bush's Law, about the history of wiretapping in the war on terror.