Reply #28: FOLLOWUP QUESTION:Some people seem to be stating the law granting retroactive immunity isagainst law

[Levgreee]

IF SO: WHY have lawyers, many of which are completely against Bush on the issue, not already quickly punished the telephone companies? What power/actions EXACTLY is Obama supposed to carry out, to undo this law? It seems this is what people want from him. Is this possible?

THIS IS MY UNDERSTANDING: THE WIRETAPPING IMMUNITY was NOT against the law. It abused and twisted the law, BUT within the law. It found loopholes that should not have been permitted, but cannot now be undone in a legal manner. Otherwise the hundreds of accomplished legal professionals who are morally against this would have already swiftly carried out prosecution.

If this is not the case, if illegal acts were done, not simply immoral acts, could someone please post a link explicitly stating how/why the immunity was ILLEGAL? I would guess the internet would be flooded with pages stating how the immunity was illegal (in a technical sense), if it was.