The Senate voted to extend for another six years a law which authorizes U.S. intelligence agencies to monitor - without warrants - telephone calls and emails between Americans and suspected terrorists overseas. Passage came after senators voted down an amendment to deny legal immunity to telephone companies that participated in the administration's wiretapping program after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. Senators also rejected two other amendments that would have weakened the immunity provision.
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