Tuesday, February 05, 2008

PRESIDENT BUSH THREATENS VETO OF BILL THAT DOES NOT GRANT TELECOM FIRMS IMMUNITY

Many telecommunications firms complied with government requests for access to telephone conversations, records, and emails, all without FISA court warrants. Now, those firms face at least 40 civil lawsuits for illegally providing that access without warrants. President Bush has urged Congress to grant retroactive immunity to the telecom firms who cooperated with the government.

For more on this issue please read Bush Threatens Veto in Surveillance Laws in USA Today.

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