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President Bush signed a bill Thursday that overhauls rules about government eavesdropping and grants immunity to telecommunications companies that helped the U.S. spy on Americans in suspected terrorism cases.
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President Bush signed a bill Thursday that overhauls rules about government eavesdropping and grants immunity to telecommunications companies that helped the U.S. spy...
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The Senate has approved a bill overhauling the rules on secret government eavesdropping and granting immunity to telecom companies that helped listen in on Americans...
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Soona Samsami of the Iranian Resistance listens during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, may 13, 2008, calling for the removal of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran from the British list of foreign terrorist...
