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Article: Senate OKs eavesdropping bill that gives companies immunity
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- Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
- Article date:
- February 13, 2008
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WASHINGTON - The Senate on Tuesday approved new rules for
government eavesdropping on phone calls and e-mails, giving the
White House much of the latitude it wanted and granting legal
immunity to telecommunications companies that helped in the snooping
after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Protection for the telecom companies is the most prominent
feature of the legislation, something President Bush had insisted on
as essential to getting private sector cooperation in spying on
foreign terrorists and other targets. The bill would give
retroactive protection to companies that acted without court
permission.
The House did not include the immunity provision in a similar
bill it passed last ...
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