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Eric Lichtblau, of The New York Times, reports, "In continued defiance of the White House, House Democratic leaders are readying a proposal that would reject giving legal protection to the phone companies that helped in the National Security Agency's program of wiretapping without warrants after the Sept. 11 attacks, Congressional officials said Monday."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/031108L.shtml



House Democrats Reject Telecom Immunity

The Associated Press reports: "Locked in a standoff with the White House, House Democrats on Tuesday maintained their refusal to shield from civil lawsuits telecommunications companies that helped the government eavesdrop on their customers without a secret court's permission. But they offered the companies an olive branch: the chance to use classified government documents to defend themselves in court."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/031208O.shtml



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