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Submission + - Net Neutrality Still Alive?

Submitted by BuhDuh on Saturday February 14, 2009 @12:44PM

BuhDuh writes: Despite previous reports, and as subsequently discussed here on /., it appears that Sen. Feinstein's ammendment[pdf] did not make it into the approved "HR1 version of the bill[pdf]
Of course, I cannot aver to having read all 680 pages, but searching for the terms Ms. Feinstein used came up blank, so can we breathe a collective sigh of relief until someone tries to bury similar proposals in the next wide-ranging legislation?

Submission + - Wiretapping Program Legal

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BuhDuh

on Thursday January 15, 2009 @11:49AM

BuhDuh writes: "The New York Time is carrying a story concerning that well known bastion of legal authority the "Foreign Intelligence Surveillance" court, which has ruled that the National Security Agency's warrantless eavesdropping program was perfectly legal.
A federal intelligence court, in a rare public opinion, is expected to issue a major ruling validating the power of the president and Congress to wiretap international phone calls and intercept e-mail messages without a court order, even when Americans' private communications may be involved, according to a person with knowledge of the opinion.

Given that the largely derided administration of the last 8 years is expiring, should we be surprised? Should we even care?"

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