Appeals court OKs law giving telecom companies immunity for government’s surveillance program

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. [...]