"This is a very good bill that achieves what we set out to accomplish -- restore civil liberty protections through proper FISA court oversight, and allow for targeted surveillance of potential terrorists," Rockefeller, chairman of the Select Committee on Intelligence, said.

"For the first time, we have expanded protections to U.S. persons no matter where they are in the world, and we increased the role of the FISA Court including court approval of minimization procedures to ensure that the identities and information of American's incidentally collected is omitted," he added.

Although he defied Democrats by favoring immunity for telephone companies, Rockefeller criticized President Bush's wiretapping program, calling anger over the program "appropriate," adding that the administration "should be held accountable."

Rockefeller added, "However, we should not hold the carriers hostage to years of litigation for stepping forward when the country asked for their help and providing assistance they believed to be legal and necessary."

Senate Approves FISA Amendment -- 02/12/2008

What you don't know about FISA would fill volumes. Chicken little.