In a bit of good news over the weekend, the House has decided that retroactive immunity for telecoms is not a Good Thing.
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House Denies Retroactive Immunity
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Senator Salazar Responds - Still Doesn’t Get It
In a previous post, I mentioned my disappointment in my Colorado senators for failing to vote to remove retroactive immunity from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act amendments. I wrote to both of my senators, and I finally got a response from Senator Salazar.
Colorado Senators Side with Telecoms
The US Senate has just finished voting on Senate Amendment 3907, also known as the retroactive immunity amendment. The purpose of this amendment was to remove immunity from telecoms for “certain assistance provided to the Government.”
Bourse and Cut Cables - What Do They Have In Common?
OK. Time for what may turn out to be nothing more than a conspiracy theory, but is very ominous looking at the present.
Depending on which reports you read, anywhere from four to five undersea communications cables have been “compromised”.
