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Congresso dubbioso circa immunità per le aziende del telefono nello spiare del NSA
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Malgrado la posizione costante della gestione di Bush sull'assegnazione dell'immunità alle aziende del telefono, le speranze del congresso sollevare l'edizione a scoprono ancora esattamente che cosa le aziende del telefono hanno fornito al governo, rapporti Ars Technica.
La gestione di Bush ha chiesto immunità retroattiva per le aziende del telefono senza riguardo alla legalità delle loro azioni. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX), il presidente del comitato di intelligenza della Camera, intende tenere le udienze per scoprire per scoprire esattamente che cosa queste aziende potrebbero fare.
“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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