NSA cooperation: OK for e-mail, IM companies?

NSA COOPERATION: OK FOR E-MAIL, IM COMPANIES?
[SOURCE: C-Net|News.com, AUTHOR: Declan McCullagh and Anne Broache]
A new Senate bill would protect not only telephone companies from lawsuits claiming illegal cooperation with the National Security Agency. It would retroactively immunize e-mail providers, search engines, Internet service providers and instant-messaging services too.
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