The ACLU, which has sued to overturn retroactive immunity for telephone companies that illegally cooperated with the Bush administration’s domestic surveillance program, appeared to receive support Tuesday from U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker, according to Wired. Vaughn said that the law being challenged gave “attorney general carte blanche to immunize anyone” and was unprecedented. The trial began yesterday in San Francisco. (Wired)
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