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Matt Renner reports for Truthout: "The House Judiciary Committee approved legislation on Wednesday intended to restore a secret spy court's oversight over the Bush administration's warrantless surveillance activities. Moreover, the bill, in its current form, would not shield phone and Internet companies from multibillion-dollar lawsuits for granting the Bush administration access to its vast networks to conduct warrantless surveillance."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/101107J.shtml

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Bush pushes for telecom immunity

USA Today

10/10/07

President Bush warned on Wednesday that a bill making its way through Congress to extend the government’s surveillance authority would ‘take us backward’ and that he would not sign it in its present form. Bush said any bill must grant retroactive immunity to U.S. telecommunications companies that allegedly helped conduct electronic surveillance without court orders... [editor’s note: Guy loves to have it both ways — “they weren’t doing anything illegal, but they need to be pardoned” - TLK]

http://tinyurl.com/36gerf


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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