http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/security-bytes/surveillance-law-likely-to-expire/ A SearchSecurity.com blog Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:21:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/security-bytes/surveillance-law-likely-to-expire/#comment-475 Emotions raw over FISA bill — Security Bytes Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:46:40 +0000 http://security.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/02/14/surveillance-law-likely-to-expire/#comment-475 [...] As my colleague Dennis Fisher wrote this week, the bill would grant retroactive immunity to telecoms that aided in President Bush’s warrantless wiretapping program. The bill’s passage would effectively prevent the public from ever discovering the details of that program, privacy experts told Dennis. In a follow-up posting in this blog, Dennis noted the increased likelihood that Congress will let the current extension expire tonight rather than try to work out a compromise between separate bills passed by the House and Senate that would extend the legislation for several years. [...] [...] As my colleague Dennis Fisher wrote this week, the bill would grant retroactive immunity to telecoms that aided in President Bush’s warrantless wiretapping program. The bill’s passage would effectively prevent the public from ever discovering the details of that program, privacy experts told Dennis. In a follow-up posting in this blog, Dennis noted the increased likelihood that Congress will let the current extension expire tonight rather than try to work out a compromise between separate bills passed by the House and Senate that would extend the legislation for several years. [...]

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