Congressman Conyers says that Congress cannot pass telecom immunity without knowing the specifics of the wiretapping program

Posted by Jay Goodman Tamboli on February 15, 2008 |

House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI), speaking at a press conference on Capitol Hill, addresses the White House’s failure to grant the full House Judiciary Committee access to documentation of the Terrorist Surveillance Program. He says that the Congress cannot grant immunity to the telecommunications companies until they know what they are granting immunity for. (0:28)

 
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February 15, 2008
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