A monthslong logjam over a new government surveillance bill may be coming to an end after Republicans offered a compromise that would let people who think they were illegally spied on by the government have their day in court, albeit a secret one.
Republicans in the House of Representatives and the Senate disclosed on Thursday their latest proposal devised to resolve roughly 40 civil lawsuits filed against telecommunications companies that allegedly cooperated in President George W. Bush's so-called warrantless wiretapping program.
The Republican proposal makes other concessions. It would:
_Allow an inspector-general to investigate the …
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