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Spies, Lies and FISAOctOber 14, 2007

As Dmoai lawmaks y o pai a dply awd ill on loni avsdopping, h Whi Hous ispumping ou h sam og o a and disinomaion i usd o push h ill hough congss his summ.Psidn bush has n lling Amians ha any hang would dny h govnmn iial inomaion,mak i asi o oiss o infla, xpos sa ss, and mak i had “o sav Amian livs.”

T is no uh o any o hos laims. No ma how on M. bush says ohwis, h is also nodisagmn om h Dmoas aou h nd o povid adqua ools o fgh oiss. T da is ovwhh his should don onsiuionally, o a h whim o h psidn.

Bush’s chance to RESTORE credibilityThe president should stop threatening to veto the RESTORE Act and acknowledge that his approach to terrorist surveillance was misguided.

OctOber 13, 2007

Tis wk, wo Hous ommis mad good on a Dmoai pomis o appov nw pivay poions oAmians innonly augh up in h avsdopping on suspd oiss y h Naional Suiy Agny.bu Psidn bush is haning o vo h lgislaion. H is paiulaly aggivd ha i wouldn’ povidoaiv immuniy om lawsuis o lphon ompanis ha oopad wih his so-alld tois Su-

villan Pogam.I bush wans congss o hold h lphon ompanis lamlss, h should ap h lgislaion appovd

his wk y h Hous Judiiay and Inllign ommis and mak a ull aouning o how — and onwha supposd lgal asis — h avsdopping iniiaiv was appovd in h fs pla.

Immunity demand for telecoms raises questions As history shows, mass snooping can sweep up innocent citizens.

OctOber 22, 2007

Sin Sp. 11, 2001, h bush adminisaion has padly ypassd h spial ou s up o psv al-an. Now, wih congss haning o so som lvl o poion, h adminisaion is insising on lgalimmuniy o lommuniaions ompanis ha migh hav und ov ods impoply. Las wk, a kySna ommi agd.

T qus alon is nough o ais suspiion, paiulaly givn h naion’s hisoy.In h 1960s and ‘70s whn law nomn and spy agnis launhd mass snooping agains U.S. iizns,

som o h daa ndd up ing usd o naious puposs, suh as IrS ax pos, ha had nohing o dowih poing h naion.

No Amnesty for Telecom Lawbreakers!Editorial pages around the nation are weighing in:

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Ta is h dang whn an adminisaion an ap ino phon ods wihou ou ovsigh, and i iswha’s a issu now.

T adminisaion has padly ypassd h spial naional suiy ou, aguing ha h ugny o h wa on oism jusifd is aions.

No immunity for telecoms 

OctOber 21, 2007

Fom h ginning o h da ov govnmn wiapping, h bush adminisaion has n adaman onwo poins. Fis, is waanlss suvillan o phon alls, -mails and oh digial daa was lgal. Sond,h lommuniaions ompanis ha hlpd Washingon’s spying quid immuniy om lawsuis o hiols.

I dosn’ ak a onspiay hois o s h inonsisny in hs poins. I h pogam was lgal, immu-niy is unnssay.