Lawmakers eager to see Internet wiretap plan

Several senators said that they are eager to see the Obama Administration's proposal to make it easier for police to intercept online communications as they occur. But the lawmakers said they will have to see a final version of the plan before they can say whether they will support it.

"I want to have a chance to review it rather than to shoot from the hip," Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) said in an interview in the Capitol. He emphasized that any proposal should balance civil liberties with law enforcement concerns. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) said she has yet to see the Administration's plan. "I need to think about it, but I can understand these warrants have to be able to be carried out," she said. "That's the whole point. You have to get a warrant, but the warrant needs to mean something. We need to look into it, and we will."