My OperaImportant update to the telecommunication company amnesty issue.
Thursday, January 24, 2008 9:02:56 PM
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/01/24/rockefeller/index.html
That's what the law says. Amnesty from lawbreaking because the telecoms are poor, poor beleaguered allies of justice, as a baffling amount of american senators insist on - is not mentioned. Curious, indeed. You'd think they'd lost perspective completely, wouldn't you? Haha.
(...) the United States district court in the same district as the authority, shall, notwithstanding any other law, if the Attorney General files an affidavit under oath that disclosure or an adversary hearing would harm the national security of the United States, review in camera and ex parte the application, order, and such other materials relating to the surveillance as may be necessary to determine whether the surveillance of the aggrieved person was lawfully authorized and conducted.
That's what the law says. Amnesty from lawbreaking because the telecoms are poor, poor beleaguered allies of justice, as a baffling amount of american senators insist on - is not mentioned. Curious, indeed. You'd think they'd lost perspective completely, wouldn't you? Haha.
