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| Telecom Immunity Bill Hides Spying Provisions                      |
|   from the some-compromise-means-capitulation dept.                |
|   posted by kdawson on Tuesday July 08, @13:31 (Privacy)           |
|   http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/07/08/1713205 |
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[0]Corrupt notes an Ars analysis of the FISA bill of which the telecom
immunity provision has been getting all the attention. Timothy B. Lee
enumerates the ways in which the bill [1]loosens current protections on
domestic wiretapping and opens up whole new areas to government
eavesdropping. “The legislation eliminates meaningful judicial oversight
of eavesdropping between Americans citizen and foreigners located
overseas and effectively legalizes dragnet surveillance of
domestic-to-foreign traffic. It stretches out the judicial review process
so much that the government will in many cases be able to complete its
surveillance activities before the courts finish deciding on its
legality.”