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Lawmakers Strip Immunity for Telecom Companies from Surveillance Bill

Lawmakers Strip Immunity for Telecom Companies from Surveillance Bill

Despite threats of a White House veto, both the full House and the Senate Judiciary Committee passed bills Thursday rejecting blanket immunity for telecommunication companies that cooperated with the Bush Administration’s program of warrantless wiretapping. We speak to Michelle Richardson of the American Civil Liberties Union.

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