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Congress votes to immunize lawbreaking telecoms, legalize warrantless eavesdropping

Yet again, George Bush and Dick Cheney get everything they want from the Democratic-led Congress, this time to put a permanent, and harmless, end to their illegal spying scandal.

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  • Wednesday, July 9, 2008 12:54 PM

    my.barackobama.com

    I was just able to get in again. There's a new point system. Users get points for their activity on the site - initial sign-up, comments, blog posts, etc. I imagine this will be used in the future to weight groups like "Get FISA Right."

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