Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
The U.S. House narrowly rejected a plan that would have limited the controversial collection of telephone records on domestic calls Wednesday after the extent of the surveillance was leaked last month, the USA Today reports.
The 217-205 vote means the NSA can continue collecting domestic surveillance without as much as a warrant.
Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., proposed the amendment and managed to round up a group of conservatives, libertarians and liberals to support it.
The move would have required NSA to collect data more discriminately by focusing on individual suspects.
But critics said the amendment would have killed a powerful tool to keep the country safe from terrorism.
