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Surveillance Bill Passes Senate

by David Kurtz
02.12.08 | 5:29 pm

The Democratic-controlled Senate just passed the surveillance bill, 68-29.

As we have mentioned through the day and covered extensively at TPMmuckraker, most of the civil-liberties-friendly amendments to the bill failed. Retroactive immunity for telecoms survived.

Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI), among others, is not a happy camper.

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