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"We thank those senators who courageously opposed telecom immunity and vow to them, and to the American people, that the fight for accountability over the president's illegal surveillance is not over," said EFF Senior Staff Attorney Kurt Opsahl.
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"os atentados às vossas liberdades, privacidade, no fundo aos direitos humanos. Afinal de contas ainda mesmo antes de ser eleito, já Obama votava no congresso a favor da destruição desses mesmos direito, votando favoravelmente a FISA. Mas não é só por aqui que fica o logro, também já a toda poderosa FEMA «Federal Emergency Management Agency», a qual detém mais poderes que o congresso e até que o presidente, em caso de um desastre grave e após a d"
"transparency. As new leaders prepare to move into the White House and Congress over the next few months, we'd like to call on them to restore Americans' privacy rights. Here's a little "wish list" we'd like to put forward: Repeal or repair the FISA Amendments Act (FISAAA). There are a great many flaws in FISAAA, which was passed last Spring after a long and difficult fight. Most significantly, the provisions granting retroactive immunity from litigation to telecommunications companies complicit in the Bush Administration's warrantles"
"transparency. As new leaders prepare to move into the White House and Congress over the next few months, we'd like to call on them to restore Americans' privacy rights. Here's a little "wish list" we'd like to put forward: Repeal or repair the FISA Amendments Act (FISAAA). There are a great many flaws in FISAAA, which was passed last Spring after a long and difficult fight. Most significantly, the provisions granting retroactive immunity from litigation to telecommunications companies complicit in the Bush Administration's warrantles"
" As new leaders prepare to move into the White House and Congress over the next few months, we'd like to call on them to restore Americans' privacy rights. Here's a little "wish list" we'd like to put forward: 1. Repeal or repair the FISA Amendments Act (FISAAA). There are a great many flaws in FISAAA, which was passed last Spring after a long and difficult fight. Most significantly, the provisions granting retroactive immunity from litigation to telecommunications companies complicit in the Bush"
"FISA Amendments Act (FISAAA). There are a great many flaws in FISAAA, which was passed last Spring after a long and difficult fight. Most significantly, the provisions granting retroactive immunity from litigation to telecommunications companies complicit in the Bush"
"? at the direction of the House Democratic leadership and at the insistence of the White House ? a provision merely to require Congressional approval before the Bush administration can attack Iran; Overwhelmingly enacted ? at the White House?s insistence, and with substantial Democratic and virtually unanimous GOP support ? the ?FISA Amendments Act of 2008,? to vest the President with broad new warrantless eavesdropping powers and to immunize lawbreaking"
"towards Iraq; Deleted from a pending bill -- at the direction of the House Democratic leadership and at the insistence of the White House -- a provision merely to require Congressional approval before the Bush administration can attack Iran; Overwhelmingly enacted -- at the White House's insistence and with substantial Democratic and virtually unanimous GOP support -- the "FISA Amendments Act of 2008," to vest the President with broad new warrantless eavesdropping powers and to immunize lawbreaking telecoms, all but putting an"
" It?s been two weeks since the Senate?s cowardly vote to pass the FISA Amendments Act (FAA), caving in to the president?s demands. With this vote, Congress gave the president virtually all of the spying powers he has sought for so long, and delivered the "
"? at the direction of the House Democratic leadership and at the insistence of the White House ? a provision merely to require Congressional approval before the Bush administration can attack Iran; Overwhelmingly enacted ? at the White House?s insistence, and with substantial Democratic and virtually unanimous GOP support ? the ?FISA Amendments Act of 2008,? to vest the President with broad new warrantless eavesdropping powers and to immunize lawbreaking"
" It?s been two weeks since the Senate?s cowardly vote to pass the FISA Amendments Act (FAA), caving in to the president?s demands. With this vote, Congress gave the president virtually all of the spying powers he has sought for so long, and delivered the "
"The bill allows the warrantless and dragnet surveillance of Americans' international telephone and email communications. It plainly violates the Fourth Amendment."EFF, the other non-profit organization behind the telecom lawsuits, announced the same, emphasizing the unconstitutionality of the grant of immunity. That challenge will likely be on the ground that by resolving these pending lawsuits in favor of the telecoms, Congress has usurped the judicial function -- one which the Constitution, in"
"Deleted from a pending bill -- at the direction of the House Democratic leadership and at the insistence of the White House -- a provision merely to require Congressional approval before the Bush administration can attack Iran; Overwhelmingly enacted -- at the White House's insistence, and with substantial Democratic and virtually unanimous GOP support -- the "FISA Amendments Act of 2008," to vest the President with broad new warrantless eavesdropping powers and to immunize lawbreaking telecoms,"
"towards Iraq; Deleted from a pending bill -- at the direction of the House Democratic leadership and at the insistence of the White House -- a provision merely to require Congressional approval before the Bush administration can attack Iran; Overwhelmingly enacted -- at the White House's insistence and with substantial Democratic and virtually unanimous GOP support -- the "FISA Amendments Act of 2008," to vest the President with broad new warrantless eavesdropping powers and to immunize lawbreaking telecoms, all but putting an"
"Deleted from a pending bill -- at the direction of the House Democratic leadership and at the insistence of the White House -- a provision merely to require Congressional approval before the Bush administration can attack Iran; Overwhelmingly enacted -- at the White House's insistence, and with substantial Democratic and virtually unanimous GOP support -- the "FISA Amendments Act of 2008," to vest the President with broad new warrantless eavesdropping powers and to immunize lawbreaking telecoms,"
" have declared they will file suit against the law on constitutional grounds. The ACLU charges the law is a violation of Fourth Amendment protections, which it clearly is. The EFF, which is co-counsel on the combined telcom immunity suits, says it will challenge the immunity but doesn't specify on what grounds. In his latest column on the FISA disaster, Glenn Greenwald, himself a Constitutional lawyer, speculates it will be based on the argument that by essentially ordering the courts to find in favor of the telcoms, the"
" zehnra writes "The U.S. Senate this afternoon passed the FISA Amendments Act, broadly expanding the president's warrantless surveillance authority and unconstitutionally granting retroactive immunity to telecommunications companies that participated in the president's illegal domestic wiretapping program. The House of"
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