U.S. Lawmakers Pass Under-Fire Spy Bill

U.S. Lawmakers Pass Under-Fire Spy Bill

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Lawmakers voted 293-129 for a bill that may shield telecommunications firms facing massive lawsuits over their work with Bush's secret, six-year, warrantless wiretapping program, begun after the September 11, 2001 attacks.

The measure now goes to the Senate, where Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid has opposed granting retroactive immunity to companies that cooperated with a program thought to have skirted established surveillance laws.

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Say bye bye to your constitutional rights...its only the beginning.

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