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- The White House and Congress were at odds over the legislation for more than a yearWashington Post: Senate Passes Surveillance Bill With Immunity for Telecom Firms (July 9, 2008)
- Affected companies include AT&T, MCI, Verizon and Sprint
- The NSA eavesdropped on telephone conversations after September 11th with telecom help
- President George W. Bush said he would veto bills that did not protect certain companiesWashington Post: Senate Passes Surveillance Bill With Immunity for Telecom Firms (July 9, 2008)
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A contentious aspect of the debate over renewing the Protect America Act (PAA) concerns whether or not telephone companies that cooperated with the United States government's potentially-illegal domestic surveillance program should be immune from prosecution.
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Immunity Granted
On July 9, 2008, the U.S. Senate passed a new bill by a vote of 69-28 to amend the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). The amendments grant immunity to telecom companies that participated in the post-9-11 eavesdropping campaigns and will likely result in the dismissal of more than 40 pending lawsuits against companies alleged of violating consumer privacy.NPR: Senate OKs FISA Bill, Immunity For Telecom Firms (July 9, 2008)
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EFF Obtains Records from Behind-the-Scenes Negotiations on Telecom Immunity http://lwn.net/Articles/361735/ #007
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The EFF continues to fight the good fight on Telecom Immunity: http://bit.ly/4mnuBs
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Bush feared successor would revoke telecom spying immunity http://nxy.in/mfyzs
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