[governance] New "JUSTICE" Act Could Roll Back Telecom Immunity

[Jeffrey A. Williams]

All,

  INEGroup has been pushing hard for this in Washington for some time now,
and it seens that some traction is being realized.  

  See: http://yro.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=09/09/18/1913248

A bill proposed in Congress that could
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/09/justice-act-would-roll-back-telecom-wiretap-immunity.arsroll back telecom retroactive immunity along with adding other privacy safeguards. The "Judicious Use of Surveillance 
Tools in Counter-Terrorism Efforts" (JUSTICE) Act advocates the "least intrusive 
means" of information collection and imposes many limitations on the process. 
"One of the most significant aspects of the JUSTICE Act is that it will remove
the retroactive immunity grants that were given to the telecom companies
that participated in the NSA warrantless surveillance program. The
companies that cooperated with the surveillance program likely violated
several laws, including section 222 of the Communications Act, which
prohibits disclosure of network customer information. The immunity grants
have prevented the telecommunications companies that voluntarily
participated in this program from being held accountable in court."


Regards,

Jeffrey A. Williams
Spokesman for INEGroup LLA. - (Over 294k members/stakeholders strong!)
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P: i.e., whether B is less than PL."
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