Slashdot | White House Wins On Spying, Telecom Immunity

Slashdot | White House Wins On Spying, Telecom Immunity:

EllisDees sends in a Washington Post report that Senate Republicans have outmaneuvered Democrats, who withdrew a more stringent version of legislation to control the government's domestic surveillance program. The legislation that will go forward includes a grant of legal immunity to telecommunications companies that have assisted the program.