Kongreß zweifelhaft über Immunität für Telefonfirmen beim NSA Ausspionieren

Trotz der festen Position der Bush Leitung auf dem Bewilligen von Immunität zu den Telefonfirmen, finden Kongreßhoffnungen, die Ausgabe wieder zu anzuheben genau heraus, was die Telefonfirmen zur Regierung zur Verfügung stellten, Reports Ars Technica.

Die Bush Leitung hat um rückwirkende Immunität für Telefonfirmen unabhängig davon die Legalität ihrer Tätigkeiten gebeten. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX), der Vorsitzende des Haus-Intelligenz-Ausschusses, beabsichtigt, Hörfähigkeiten zu halten, um, herauszufinden genau herauszufinden, was diese Firmen getan haben konnten.

“Before granting immunity for any activities, it will be important to review what those activities were, what was the legal basis for those activities, and what would be the impact of a grant of immunity,” Reyes said in a statement.

Under consideration are whether the NSA’s surveillance program was legal and if the laws need to be changed to allow intelligence agencies to better track terrorist communications.

Reyes says that he “will not prejudge the outcome of these hearings,” but the fact that he has serious questions about the retroactive immunity suggests that he won’t be easily persuaded to sign off on it. That’s good news for organizations like the EFF, which is embroiled in a lawsuit with AT&T over the issue. Even if the administration doesn’t get its way in Congress, it will continue to push for the courts to throw out such cases on the grounds that they will expose state secrets. Thus far, though, the combined case against the telephone companies remains alive.

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