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Court OKs Immunity For Telecoms In Wiretap Case, But Remands Case Against NSA

Posted on December 30, 2011 by pogowasright.org

Jason Dearen of Associated Press reports:

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. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court ruling that found the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, passed constitutional muster.

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