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Thursday, October 18, 2007 12:00 AM

AT&T, other telecoms, buy victory in lawsuits

An agreement between the telecom industry's senator, Jay Rockefeller, and its national security official, Mike McConnell, resolves all pending lawsuits in favor of telecoms.

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  • Thursday, October 18, 2007 05:56 AM

    Legal directive?

    It will include full immunity for those companies that can demonstrate to a court that they acted pursuant to a legal directive in helping the government with surveillance in the United States.

    What if it was an illegal directive?

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