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  • July 2008

    • Obama Playing With Fire Over FISA 'Sell-Out'

      Salon  |  Jul 9, 08 8:35 PM CDT

      Obama Playing With Fire Over FISA 'Sell-Out'

      (Newser) - Barack Obama was never the great reformer his supporters made him out to be, but his decision to give telecom companies immunity for spying on Americans is nevertheless "unforgivable," writes Joan Walsh in Salon. She's tired of the "political cave-ins" and says Obama better not to take his base for granted just because John McCain is his opponent. "Telling voters they have no place else to go, before he officially has the nomination, is not a winning strategy." More »

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      Obama 2008  • warrantless wiretapping  • FISA  • telecom immunity

    • Senate passes FISA, 69-28

      Associated Press  |  Jul 9, 08 2:50 PM CDT

      Senate passes FISA, 69-28

      (Newser) - The Senate approved a bill today overhauling the rules on secret US government eavesdropping and granting immunity to telephone companies that helped it listen in after 9/11. The so-called FISA bill passed by a large margin of 69-28. The upper house also voted against three amendments that would have watered down, delayed, or stripped away the immunity provision. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Senate  • warrantless wiretapping  • FISA  • domestic surveillance  • telecom immunity

    • As Congress Caves on FISA, Coalition Urges Fighting Back

      Salon  |  Jul 8, 08 5:43 PM CDT

      As Congress Caves on FISA, Coalition Urges Fighting Back

      (Newser) - With a vote set for tomorrow on a new domestic surveillance bill that grants immunity to telecoms involved in warrantless wiretapping of US citizens, Glenn Greenwald urges Salon readers to donate to a "coalition devoted to the preservation of basic constitutional protections and the rule of law." The "money bomb" will drop Aug. 8, the anniversary of Nixon's resignation over "lawbreaking and surveillance abuses." More »

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      George W. Bush  • Michael Mukasey  • warrantless wiretapping  • FISA  • Mike McConnell  • telecom immunity  • Glenn Greenwald  • Jeff Bingaman

  • June 2008

    • House Passes Compromise FISA Bill

      Washington Post  |  Jun 20, 08 3:45 PM CDT

      House Passes Compromise FISA Bill

      (Newser) - The House today approved a bill updating FISA law and granting qualified immunity to telecom companies that aided the Bush administration in warrantless wiretapping. A majority of Democrats opposed the bill, which passed 293-129. Nancy Pelosi supported the measure despite serious reservations because it refutes the administration's argument about "inherent authority," the Washington Post reports. More »

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      House of Representatives  • Nancy Pelosi  • warrantless wiretapping  • FISA  • telecom immunity

    • 'Sweeping' House Deal Would Expand Spy Powers

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 19, 08 11:40 AM CDT

      'Sweeping' House Deal Would Expand Spy Powers

      (Newser) - House leaders brokered a long-awaited compromise on spy powers today, bringing much of the post-9/11 NSA activities—illegal at the time—under law and granting a qualified immunity to telecom companies that participated in the extra-FISA program, the Wall Street Journal reports. The “most sweeping rewrite” of spy law in 30 years, the deal would allow some wiretapping of citizens without a warrant, and expand the power to eavesdrop on transnational communication. More »

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      Congress  • warrantless wiretapping  • FISA  • domestic spying  • telecom immunity

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