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| ACLU Warns of Next Pass At Telecom Immunity                        |
|   from the try-try-again dept.                                     |
|   posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday May 05, @19:23 (Communications)|
|   http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/05/2142255 |
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The ACLU has reportedly uncovered [0]another pass at telecom immunity and
is urging concerned citizens to speak out against what they call a
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be working hand-in-hand with Senator Jay Rockefeller, the Democratic
Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, who has spearheaded
efforts to give immunity to law-breaking phone companies that provided
mountains of customer data to the government without warrants. As
discussions continue, it” onclick=”return TrackClick(”,’https%3A%2F%2Fsecure.aclu.org%2Fsite%2FAdvocacy%3Fpage%3DSplashPage%26amp%3Bid%3D883′)”s critical that House leadership avoid buckling
to pressure from the White House or Senator Rockefeller at all costs.
House leadership — and every representative — need to draw a line in the
sand, by rejecting any compromise that would undo the achievement we
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