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Should Congress Provide Blanket Immunity For Wiretaps?

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Should Congress Provide Blanket Immunity For Wiretaps?

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Should Congress Provide Blanket Immunity For Wiretaps? Tuesday February 12, 2008#spacer{clear:left}#abc #sidebar{margin-top:1.5em}zSB(3,3) Telecom Immunity: It’s Up To The House Now Update: 19.15 Pacific House Democrats push for 21-day extension of the Protect America Act, which expires Friday. President Bush opposes any extension of the Act. With no action, FISA reverts to pre-Patriot Act language. If you believe in the Constitution … if you believe that White House actions require more than “make it so” commands to be judged legal under the Constitution … then you need to contact your US Representative. Now. (Note: most of the readers of USP oppose telecom immunity — see the poll.) Political expediency is the name of the day; President Bush threatens to veto any FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act) legislation that does not contain immunity for telecommunications firms th