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<\/a>By Eric Lichtblau, The New York Times<\/p>\n

After more than a year of wrangling, the Senate handed the White House a major victory on Tuesday by voting to broaden the government’s spy powers and to give legal protection to phone companies that cooperated in President Bush’s program of eavesdropping without warrants.<\/p>\n

(Original Article)<\/a><\/p>\n

Senate OKs Immunity for Telecoms
\nBy Pamela Hess, The Associated Press<\/p>\n

The Senate voted Tuesday to shield from lawsuits telecommunications companies that helped the government eavesdrop on their customers without court permission after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.<\/p>\n

After nearly two months of stops and starts, the Senate rejected by a vote of 31 to 67 an amendment that would have stripped a grant of retroactive immunity to the companies. President Bush has promised to veto any new surveillance bill that does not protect the companies that helped the government in its warrantless wiretapping program.<\/p>\n

About 40 lawsuits have been filed against telecom companies by people alleging violations of wiretapping and privacy laws.<\/p>\n

(Original Article)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Eric Lichtblau, The New York Times After more than a year of wrangling, the Senate handed the White House a major victory on Tuesday by voting to broaden the government’s spy powers and to give legal protection to phone companies that cooperated in President Bush’s program of eavesdropping without warrants. 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