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Saturday, July 5, 2008 12:00 AM

The political establishment and telecom immunity -- why it matters

Congress this week will take another major step toward creating a two-tiered system of justice whereby the elite have license to break laws -- exactly what the Founders warned against.
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Sunday, July 6, 2008 05:12 PM

    Jim

    My cell phone service is provided by Sprint, my land-line and dsl are provided by Verizon. All (most?) of my other service-provider options also participated in illegal spying or will participate under this not-so-hot amendment. But, I can't cut myself off from these telecoms. Even if it came out that what the telecoms did was illegal, what choice do I have? What choices do any of us have? I don't think the telecoms have to worry too much about what we think of them.

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