[privacy] Key Senate Committees Threatening to Shelter Telcos for Illegal Spying

["Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via EFF DeepLinks.

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With your help, we've made significant progress in pressuring Congress to
scrutinize the NSA spying program. But the fight is far from over -- in
fact, the the chairmen of the Senate Intelligence and Judiciary Committees
are reportedly considering proposals that could let telco giants like AT&T
off the hook for their role in the surveillance. Take action now and help
stop the illegal spying.

In January 2006, EFF filed suit against AT&T for violating its customers'
privacy and helping the NSA spy on millions of Americans' telephone and
Internet communications. Recently, Congress finally made some strides
towards checking the president's power, with the Senate Judiciary Committee
issuing subpoenas to the Bush Administration for critical information about
the surveillance program last month.

But now the Senate Judiciary and Intelligence Committees are in
negotiations with the Administration about legislation that could shelter
the telcos and threaten cases like ours. This article in The Hill suggests
that a bill may start to move forward soon.

Telecommunications carriers' adherence to the law is the biggest practical
check that we have against illegal government surveillance, and EFF
strongly opposes any legislation that would deprive Americans of the
remedies to which they are entitled.

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More:
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/005366.php

- - ferg

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 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
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 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/

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