October 17th, 2008

New EFF brief argues telecom immunity law is unconstitutional

By Cyrus Farivar, Salon

So you guys remember that whole NSA wiretapping, eavesdropping fiasco? You know, that whole fantastic saga about how our tax dollars were being used to spy on our Internet traffic? That that was a fun one. Then, the story got even better earlier this year, when Congress approved a measure to give immunity to the major telecoms that were behind this "patriotic" move...

However, late Thursday, the Electronic Frontier Foundation filed a brief formally challenging the constitutionality of the FISA Amendements Act in U.S. District Court in San Francisco.

Related Issues: NSA Spying

Related Cases: Hepting v. AT&T

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