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Congreso dudoso sobre la inmunidad para las compañías del teléfono en espiar del NSA
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A pesar de la postura firme de la administración de Bush en conceder inmunidad a las compañías del teléfono, las esperanzas del congreso de plantear la edición a descubren otra vez exactamente lo que proporcionaron las compañías del teléfono al gobierno, informes Ars Technica.
La administración de Bush ha pedido la inmunidad retroactiva para las compañías del teléfono sin importar la legalidad de sus acciones. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX), el presidente del comité de la inteligencia de la casa, se prepone llevar a cabo audiencias para descubrir para descubrir exactamente lo que pudieron haber hecho estas compañías.
“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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