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by thereisnospoon on Thu May 01, 2008 at 03:16:38 PM PDT
- I heard a guy on talk radio who had been a (6+ / 0-)
  
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  lawyer for one of the big telecoms. He said that he believed that the Bush administration would have had to give the telecoms blanket immunity from the get go to obtain their cooperation.
  
  He said the telecoms don't maintain a battery of lawyers for nothing and that that would have been first and foremost on their minds before anything was done.
  
  If that is the case, his theory was that this pursuit of immunity was for the Bush Administration rather than the telecoms.
  
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  by importer on Thu May 01, 2008 at 03:54:14 PM PDT
  
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  - Bush couldn't give immunity (4+ / 0-)
    
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    from Civil suits under the Wiretap Act.
    
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    by ben masel on Thu May 01, 2008 at 04:08:50 PM PDT
    
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      BushCo Policy... If you aren't outraged, you haven't been paying attention. -3.25 -2.26
      
      by Habanero on Thu May 01, 2008 at 04:41:54 PM PDT
      
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- Well, it is Law Day (2+ / 0-)
  
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  so I'll give a tip for justice.
  
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  by factbased on Thu May 01, 2008 at 05:30:11 PM PDT
  
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