Is your phone company paying to get off the hook for spying on you?

Sample Verizon contribution pattern, 2001-2007.

There are proposals in Congress to give phone companies like Verizon and AT&T RETROACTIVE IMMUNITY for spying on its customers illegally in cooperating with the Bush administration's warrantless wiretapping efforts.

WIRED magazine posted a story on Friday illustrating how the cash is flowing from Verizon and AT&T to Senators like Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) who have a powerful voice in how such legislation will fare.

Read more here.

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Wired Magazine: "Democratic Lawmaker Pushing Immunity Is Newly Flush With Telco Cash"

-- Dan Damon

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