With a vote of 13-2, the Senate Intelligence Committee passed the bill to revise the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). The measure does have retroactive legal immunity for telephone carriers and would not require the FISA court to issue a warrant for surveillance of a foreign suspect who might have communications with a U.S. resident, but the administration would have to submit its surveillance and minimization procedures to the court for approval. The bill would also sunset after six years. CQ ($$) reports that the "FISA court would have to approve several aspects of warrantless surveillance of targets reasonably believed to be outside the United States, such as the targeting procedures used, according to Rockefeller and Bond." Senate floor debate of the bill might occur around mid-November. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) offered an amendment that passed to require the government to obtain a warrant when targeting an American overseas for surveillance. Wyden and Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) were the only Members who voted against the bill. Reports say that some Members on the Senate Judiciary Committee, which has not yet scheduled a mark up, will give the bill much more resistance. A press release from Feingold stated; "I am deeply disappointed that it included retroactive immunity for anyone alleged to have cooperated with the Administration's illegal warrantless wiretapping program." Read the story in the Washington Post, New York Times, and The Hill.