Chertoff Says U.K. Plot Shows Need for Surveillance

Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said the unraveling of the terrorist plot in the U.K. shows the U.S. needs to give intelligence agencies more flexibility in conducting surveillance and detaining suspects. While declining to give specific examples of how U.S. law might be changed, Chertoff said British authorities benefited from having fewer restrictions on using electronic and other surveillance methods and holding suspects without charges.

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