As expected, the Senate intelligence committee has passed its surveillance bill. Also as expected, retroactive legal immunity for telecommunications companies complying with President Bush’s warrantless surveillance program is part of the bill. Not exactly as expected: it won’t be the FISA Court that determines who complied with the program. It will be the attorney general:
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=179572