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Sunday, October 14, 2012
Spying
Telecom corporations have once against escaped any sort of punishment for spying on Americans. On Tuesday, the US Supreme Court again granted immunity to telecom giants that helped the U.S. government spy on Americans without a warrant post-9/11 – by refusing to hear a legal challenge brought by the Electronic Frontier Foundation alleging that companies like AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon violated federal laws. The lead lawyers on behalf of individuals who were spied on, Richard Wiebe, reacted to the ruling saying, "It's one more example of the court stepping back from taking any role in enforcing the rule of law in the war on terror."
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Obama campaigned in 2008 against FISA. Saying he'd "filibuster ANY telecom immunity bill". Then he voted for it. That coward.
EFF is wasting their time.The outcome of this case had pre decided.Naturally the Supreme Court heard the case to appease all parties involved,but the decision had already been made.
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