[asterisk-biz] Senate Approves Immunity for Telecom Companies in Wiretapping

[Trixter aka Bret McDanel]

On Wed, 2008-07-09 at 15:34 -0400, Jon Weisman wrote:
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> By a vote of 69-28, the Senate approved a bill overhauling the rules
> covering secret government eavesdropping and granting immunity to
> telecommunications companies that aided in the wiretapping of
> Americans without warrants.
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an interesting note is that at least from one party, those that voted
for this saw more donations than those that didnt.  Further proof that
america has the best politicians ... that money can buy (it really was
only a few thousand per democrat to get them to vote yes, how cheaply
they sold this and those monitored down the river).


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