Bond: White House seems flexible on immunity for telecoms over wiretaps

The White House appears willing to compromise on the issue of retroactive immunity for telephone firms that joined the Bush administration’s wiretapping program, said Sen. Kit Bond (R-MO). The fight over whether the phone companies that helped in national security surveillance should be given immunity from lawsuits has prevented Republicans and Democrats from reaching an agreement to overhaul the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Sen Bond, Vice Chairman of the Intelligence Committee, said the White House seems willing to let the FISA court help determine whether phone companies should be shielded from litigation.
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