Senate panel votes to extend government’s broader surveillance authority

News Link  •  Surveillance Senate panel votes to extend government’s broader surveillance authority 05-22-2012  •  Washington Post  The vote is the first step toward what the Obama administration hopes will be a speedy renewal of an expanded authority under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to monitor the U.S. e-mails and phone calls of overseas targets in an effort to prevent international terrorist attacks on the country.   Read Full Story

Reported by Powell Gammill