Senate Okays Telecom Immunity in Secret Surveillance

The Senate yesterday approved a sweeping measure that would expand the government's clandestine surveillance powers, delivering a key victory to the White House by approving immunity from lawsuits for telecommunications companies that cooperated with intelligence agencies in domestic spying after the September 11, 2001, attacks. Full Story »

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Gary Clark
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by Gary Clark - Oct. 1, 2008

The treatment seems even handed, mildly describing Mr. Bush's bullying an fractured Democratic Senate to deliver liberals a resounding defeat. Information is provided on the bills, and quotes from leaders of both parties. It would have been stronger with historical framing, since it was an explosive revelation that citizens had been spied on illegally.

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