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by Josh Silver
On Tuesday, the Senate voted to allow the government to eavesdrop on foreign-based communications and to shield the largest phone companies from some 40 lawsuits alleging illegal wiretapping.
The level of corruption that this vote represents is simply staggering. Telephone companies broke the law when they handed over private records to the government without going through proper legal procedures.
There is no member of Congress who doesn't agree that if you break the law, you must have your day in court. That is, unless you are AT&T or Verizon pumping massive amounts of cash into political campaigns and deluging them with an army of lobbyists.
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