ShareThis Appeals court OKs law giving telecom companies immunity for government’s surveillance program 29 Dec 2011 A federal appeals court on Thursday said a 2008 law that granted telecommunications companies legal immunity for helping the National Security Agency with an email and telephone eavesdropping program is constitutional. A unanimous three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. [...]
Appeals Court Revives Lawsuit Challenging NSA Surveillance of Americans
March 21, 2011 By 1 Comment
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It’s easy to forget these days, but former President George W. Bush’s illegal warrantless surveillance program was never halted by Congress, nor by the Obama administration. It was merely legalized in a 2008 law called the FISA Amendments Act. That means the surveillance of Americans’ international phone calls and internet use — complete with secret [...]
