House rejects telecom immunity after Senate approved the measure.

The House of Representatives has passed the Restore Act, which facilitates broad surveillance of foreign terror groups while restoring the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Court's oversight of communications between foreign and domestic surveillance targets. The Restore Act controversially does not include a provision granting telecom companies retroactive legal immunity for their involvement in the NSA wiretap program.

The major telecom companies that cooperated with the NSA are accused by privacy advocates of violating federal laws that restrict disclosure of phone records. The companies face costly and embarrassing litigation as several cases wind their way through the courts. The telecoms have been lobbying heavily for retroactive immunity grants that would excuse them of any wrongdoing.

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Suck it Senate.


We have the FISA court for a reason.