Shell game: Surveillance stance risks U.S. security
T HE Democrat-controlled U.S. House , which has balked at giving retroactive immunity to telecommunications companies that cooperated with the government's warrantless surveillance program, offered little more than some sleight of hand last week.
Under legislation that eked by on a 213-197 vote Friday, firms could defend themselves from dozens of lawsuits in secret, before a judge but without the plaintiffs present....
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