Update: Telecom Double Dips. A big shout out to Secrecy News. You can download the document there.


My old Telecom News.

The pending Senate bill would direct courts to dismiss lawsuits against telecommunications companies if the attorney general certifies the company rendered assistance between Sept. 11, 2001, and Jan. 17, 2007, in response to a written request from the president to help detect or prevent an attack on the United States.

Lawsuits also would be dismissed if any company named in the case provided no assistance to the government. The public record filed with the court would not reflect which position each telecommunications company had taken in response to Bush's request.

Something keeps nagging at me. I read the "rendered" as in "rendered assistance" and I have to wonder if it means freely gave assistance when directed, or was there some kind of a contract involved.   ¶ 8:34 PM