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06-19-2008, 05:22 PM
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While Sweden makes a lot of noise in regards to the approval of warrantless eavesdropping, the United States quietly continues to deal with the same issue from a different front. A revised version of the FISA bill is going up for a vote (http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/06/eff-obtains-new-fisa-bill-containing-telecom-immun) tomorrow and it contains a controversial clause that allows for telecom immunity (http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/93873) to be given to those companies that participated in Bush s warrantless wiretapping after 9/11. An analysis (http://www.eff.org/files/AnalysisHR6304-v5.pdf) of the bill by the Electronic Frontier Foundation shows that the phrasing may have changed but the substance of the bill remains the same. If it passes tomorrow, the telcos get retroactive immunity for doing what the president told them to do.
read comment(s) (http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Revised-FISA-Bill-Goes-to-Vote-Tomorrow-95421)
While Sweden makes a lot of noise in regards to the approval of warrantless eavesdropping, the United States quietly continues to deal with the same issue from a different front. A revised version of the FISA bill is going up for a vote (http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/06/eff-obtains-new-fisa-bill-containing-telecom-immun) tomorrow and it contains a controversial clause that allows for telecom immunity (http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/93873) to be given to those companies that participated in Bush s warrantless wiretapping after 9/11. An analysis (http://www.eff.org/files/AnalysisHR6304-v5.pdf) of the bill by the Electronic Frontier Foundation shows that the phrasing may have changed but the substance of the bill remains the same. If it passes tomorrow, the telcos get retroactive immunity for doing what the president told them to do.
read comment(s) (http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Revised-FISA-Bill-Goes-to-Vote-Tomorrow-95421)