Senate Sends Terror Surveillance Bill, Telecom Immunity Provision to Oval Office

Senate Sends Terror Surveillance Bill, Telecom Immunity Provision to Oval Office

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WASHINGTON — The Senate on Wednesday approved a bill that will overhaul rules on terrorist surveillance while giving the Bush administration a win it had sought for months: legal immunity for telecommuncations companies that helped in a secret eavesdropping program.

The Senate approved the changes to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act on a 69-28 vote.

The action sends the bill the president's desk. The House approved the measure last month.

Earlier Wednesday, senators affirmed their intention to follow through on a promise to protect telecoms by turning back three amendments that would have altered the bill.

The long fight on Capitol Hill — lasting nearly a year — has centered on one question: whether to shield from civil lawsuits telecommunications companies that helped the government eavesdrop on American phone and computer lines after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, without the permission or knowledge of a secret court created by FISA.

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Well folks I believe they call that the ball game. I'm speechless yet not remotely surprised. Criminal acts yet again protected by the Federal Government. And now for the collective yawn.


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[edit on 9-7-2008 by KMFNWO]

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Originally posted by KMFNWO
Well folks I believe they call that the ball game. I'm speechless yet not remotely surprised. Criminal acts yet again protected by the Federal Government. And now for the collective yawn.

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[edit on 9-7-2008 by KMFNWO]

[edit on 9-7-2008 by KMFNWO]

Yup fat lady sang!

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