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Advocacy group: No free pass for telecom spying

2008-01-24 00:00:00 by Grant Gross in Network World on Security
 
Civil liberties and media reform group Free Press called on the U.S. Congress to reject bills that would give retroactive legal immunity to telecommunication carriers that helped the government monitor phone calls and e-mail after Vice President Dick Cheney pushed for the legislation
 
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Help EFF Continue the Fight Against Warrantless Wiretapping!

2008-07-10 14:18:03 by Doug Woodall in The Spyware Biz Blog
 
...retroactive immunity. They ran ridiculous fear-mongering attack ads against any politician who dared to oppose them. President Bush threatened to veto any bill that allowed EFFs lawsuit to continue. Yesterday, Congress completely capitulated to the Presidents threats and voted to let the telecoms off the hook. If the telecoms are not held...
 
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Daniel Solove on the New FISA Law

2008-07-14 12:08:40 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...retroactive immunity grant. There appear to be fewer ways for the individual citizen or citizen advocacy groups to ensure accountability of the government in the context of national security. That's the direction we're heading in -- more surveillance, more systemic government monitoring and data mining, and minimal oversight and...
 
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