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Government

Sep. 28, 2007

Deal Floated on Liability of Telecoms

WASHINGTON - The Bush administration may want retroactive immunity for telephone companies that participated in its secret wiretapping program, but some in Washington are floating a compromise solution.

By Lawrence Hurley
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      WASHINGTON - The Bush administration may want retroactive immunity for telephone companies that participated in its secret wiretapping program, but some in Washington are floating a compromise solution.
      There is the possibility - raised by legal experts and mentioned by a senior senator at a hearing this week - that Congress could allow...

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