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Protect America Act in limbo

By Callie French

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Las Cruces, NM – In August of 2007, President Bush Signed the Protect America Act which regarded more "modernized" methods of surveillance, like data monitoring, foreign and domestic wiretapping, internet communications and even disposable cell phones. The act came as an amendment to the foreign intelligence surveillance act, which was originally created in 1978.