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NSA 감시에 있는 전화 회사를 위한 면제에 관하여 의심스러운 의회
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전화 회사에게 면책 허가에 부시 행정부의 확고한 자세에도 불구하고, 이슈를 다시에 제기하는 의회 희망은 전화 회사가 정부에 제공한 무슨을 정확하게 알아낸다, 보고 Ars Technica.
부시 행정부는 그들의 활동의 합법에 관계 없이 전화 회사를 위한 소급하는 면제를 요구했다. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX), 집 정보 위원회의 의장은 할지도 이 회사가 모른 무슨을 정확하게 알아내기 위하여 알아내기 위하여, 청문회를 열는 것을 예정한다.
“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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