The smart way around telecom immunity

As the Senate debates a fix to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act this week, the battles rage fiercest over whether to grant immunity from liability to private telecom companies that assisted the administration with terrorist surveillance (aka domestic eavesdropping). Fans of immunity, which would be retroactive, have staked their position on a claim with which it's hard to disagree. Full Story »

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Philippe Habib
3.6
by Philippe Habib - Oct. 1, 2008

This story analyzes the behind the public reasons for possible motivations for the administration's actions. As such, it is bound to be biased. It makes a proposal that meets what the administration says it needs, supporting the claim that those public needs may not be all there is. Any story that continues to raise alarms about unchecked government behavior is important and worth reading.

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