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| Telecom Amnesty Opponents Back New Amendment                       |
|   from the putting-on-the-sensible-shoes dept.                     |
|   posted by kdawson on Tuesday July 08, @08:31 (Privacy)           |
|   http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/07/08/0014248 |
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[0]I Don’t Believe in Imaginary Property writes “With the telecoms all
but assured of amnesty for their participation in illegal spying, there’s
now [1]one last amendment in their way — the Bingaman amendment. Because
President Bush is unwilling to sign FISA reform without immunity, and
because [2]Blue Dog Democrats fear for their reelection unless FISA
reform as a whole passes, most compromise positions are already off the
table. So the new amendment seeks to sidestep part of the problem by
moving it to a later date. It would put the court cases and amnesty
provision on hold until a report is completed detailing exactly what
happened, allowing Congress to consider denying amnesty at that time.
There’s an [3]EFF campaign to support both this and the Dodd-Feingold
amendment, which would strip immunity altogether.”