AT&T, Verizon May Be Granted Immunity For Illegal Wiretapping 
Thursday, January 24th, 2008

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Right now, big telecom companies including AT&T have a chance of walking away with retroactive immunity after participating in the Bush administration's wiretapping program that was later ruled unconstitutional.  A bill that is currently under consideration in the Senate revises the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and would grant full retroactive immunity to the telecom giants for their participation in the illegal program that was utilized to spy on American civilians.

Why is this important?  President George W. Bush wants retroactive immunity for these monopolistic telecommunications companies to stop civil liberties lawsuits by innocent, affected Americans - before they can start.  If this bill passes, and the lawsuits are not allowed to go forward, we may never know the extent of the administration's wiretapping efforts that took place without the proper - and required - warrants.

The Bush administration has indicated that Bush will refuse to sign a FISA law that does not include amnesty for AT&T and Verizon - the enablers.

Verizon, AT&T, and other large phone companies turned over their callers' information without warrants and helped the current administration break the law.  Now the Senate is prepared to excuse this lawbreaking activity.

This is not okay...but there is something you can do about it.


Urge your Senators to stop warrantless wiretapping and retroactive immunity for the telecom giants.

Thanks to CREDO action, there is an easy petition already set up for you, all you have to do is click and sign - and it will be sent to your Senators, telling them to uphold their oath of office:  no retroactive immunity and no warrantless wiretapping.

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