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NSA Deepens Tense Alliance with Telecoms

Both sides await word on possible immunity for carriers

By Wesley Oliver,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 16, 2007 2:33 PM CST

(Newser) – The telecom industry will be all ears to proceedings beginning tomorrow on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers will decide if companies helping the government’s warrantless surveillance program should receive immunity. President Bush personally lobbied Congress to further the NSA’s tenuous alliance with the industry,...   Read full story »

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