Senator Claims the FISA Compromise Looks the Other Way on Criminal Conduct
An editorial letter from Senator Russ Feingold expresses his opposition to a compromise bill on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). The compromise could threaten federal cases filed against telecommunication companies based on disclosures that they aided the National Security Agency in spying on the telephone calls of Americans. The legal challenges if successful would expose major US telephone service providers to damage claims that could mean that they owe each person affected $1,000 per violation.
FISA non-compromise rewards law-breaking, invades privacy, St Louis Today, July 2, 2008
