Obama Admin Seeks Changes to Telecom Surveillance Laws

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Obama Admin Seeks Changes to Telecom Surveillance Laws

The New York Times reports the Obama administration plans to ask Congress next year to approve legislation that requires phone and broadband carriers to ensure that their networks can be wiretapped by the government. A similar law is already on the books, but officials say it has not prevented some of the nation’s major telecommunications companies from making network changes that disrupt the government’s ability to conduct wiretaps.

[torchbearer]

new boss same as the old boss.

[osan]

Obama Admin Seeks Changes to Telecom Surveillance Laws

The New York Times reports the Obama administration plans to ask Congress next year to approve legislation that requires phone and broadband carriers to ensure that their networks can be wiretapped by the government. A similar law is already on the books, but officials say it has not prevented some of the nation’s major telecommunications companies from making network changes that disrupt the government’s ability to conduct wiretaps.

Couldn't Obammy and his handjob buddies do us all a big favor and accidentally fall into a chipper?