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Forget Retroactive Immunity, FISA Bill Is Also About Prospective Immunity Leave it to George Bush to point out a little-noticed aspect of the FISA bill that he likes, but you should hate. In his chortle over the Democratic cave-in on FISA, Bush said, "It will ensure that those companies whose assistance is necessary to protect the country will, themselves, be protected from lawsuits for past-or future-cooperation with the government." The news lies between those dashes. Opponents of the FISA bill, from the ACLU to Russ Feingold, have been focusing on retroactive immunity for AT&T and Verizon and the other telecom companies.

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Forget Retroactive Immunity, FISA Bill Is Also About Prospective Immunity

Leave it to George Bush to point out a little-noticed aspect of the FISA bill that he likes, but you should hate.

In his chortle over the Democratic cave-in on FISA, Bush said, "It will ensure that those companies whose assistance is necessary to protect the country will, themselves, be protected from lawsuits for past-or future-cooperation with the government."

The news lies between those dashes.

Opponents of the FISA bill, from the ACLU to Russ Feingold, have been focusing on retroactive immunity for AT&T and Verizon and the other telecom companies.