Washington Post: AT&T gave feds access to all Web, phone traffic, ex-tech says
Civil Liberties groups turn up heat over telecom immunity
The American Civil Liberties Union is pressing lawmakers to reject giving the telecom industry liability protection for participating in President Bush’s secret eavesdropping program without a court warrant.
The civil liberties group is hitting the Hill with its “just say no” campaign.
The telecom industry is responding with its own lobbying effort.
Both sides face off tomorrow when the Senate Judiciary Committee debates a bill that the Senate Intelligence Committee passed last month. That bill grants the administration more surveillance powers and gives telecom giants like AT&T immunity from lawsuits for participating in the secret surveillance program after the Sept. 11, 2001.
If you care at all about preserving your civil liberties, then call or write to your congressman and senators and tell them to vote against this immunity bill.