Declassified Docs Show Fight Over Surveillance, Telecom Immunity
Declan McCullagh, CNET
Documents released through an EFF Freedom of Information Act suit revealed how high-level Administration officials have pushed Congress to amend federal surveillance law and immunize telecommunications companies from lawsuits based on their complicity in unlawful government surveillance.
The Bush administration has released formerly classified documents that show how it is pressing Congress to rewrite surveillance law and immunize telecommunications companies from lawsuits.
What's also interesting about the documents, which were released in response to the Freedom of Information Act on Monday, is how much is redacted. Entire pages have been excised, in one case leaving only two paragraphs visible.
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