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Democrats: Classified documents show telecoms don't deserve immunity
DEMOCRATS: CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS SHOW TELECOMS DON'T DESERVE IMMUNITY
[SOURCE: C-Net|News.com, AUTHOR: Anne Broache]
Classified documents and testimony about the National Security Agency's warrantless wiretapping program show that it's not necessary to grant retroactive immunity to telephone companies accused of unlawfully opening their networks to government spies, key congressional Democrats said on Wednesday. House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers and 18 Democrats on that panel contended the Bush administration has "not established a valid and credible case justifying the extraordinary action of Congress enacting blanket retroactive immunity."
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