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Bush's Telecom Immunity Rationale Flawed

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A summary of exactly why the Bush administration's invocation of the state secrets privilege regarding immunity for telecommunications companies involved in illegal wiretapping is incorrect, and why we must fight this ever-worsening degradation of the rule of law.

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With Congress and President Bush soon to come to loggerheads over the issue of immunity for telecommunication companies that cooperated with <a href="click here Administration wiretapping</a> activities, it has become clear the rationale for allowing these companies to avoid responsibility for their actions is flawed.

The Administration's claims that corporations simply obeyed out of patriotism when asked to provide customer info are bogus.  As Steve Benen put it on <a href="

 

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