Can someone deconstruct this article for me regarding wiretapping prot

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"The next few days will see a furious lobbying effort as progressive lawmakers and their political allies build on a small victory to get privacy protection and liability for telecommunications companies included in a revision to a decades-old surveillance law.

"Congressional leaders delayed announcing permanent changes to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance act Friday, giving civil liberties advocates more time to push for explicit judicial oversight of surveillance aimed at Americans."


http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Delay_in_reapproving_surveillance_may_be_1008.html

Basically, what I read from the article is:

(A) The civil liberty organizations and progressive lawmakers are going to include stronger legislation to protect the rights of people from being wire-tapped; and

(B) It is still unknown if Telecommunication Companies are going to get protection from lawsuits.

Is that what everybody else read?

[Jim__]

1. I don't think anyone knows exactly what will be in the bill.

From the story: Until Tuesday, no one knows precisely what is to be proposed in the new bill, but primary points of contention include warrant requirements before Americans are spied upon and retroactive immunity to telecommunications carriers.

I agree with the points that the Progressive Caucus is raising. But, it sounds like they may get the warrant requirements in, but not the telecommunications companies liability.

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2. We don't want the Telecommunications to get liability protection.

I, personally, want to know specifically how far this went before Congress starts handing out liability passes.

[Trillo]

3. That's pretty much my understanding from reading the linked articles.

It's nice to see the Progressive Caucus's spine, I mean their points ... but the cynic in me says it could just be smoke and mirrors. I hope my inner cynic is wrong.

:kick:

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4. We didn't have to take long to find out. It was smoke and mirrors.

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