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Grass-roots funded ad to shame politicians after the fact
09:12AM Tuesday Jul 29 2008 by Karl Bode
tags: legal · telco · privacy
Congress may have already voted to give AT&T, Verizon and Sprint civil immunity for handing your phone and Internet data over wholesale to Uncle Sam without a warrant, but opponents of the move aren't sitting still. According to the Wired Blog, a group named Get FISA Right is running a contributor-funded advertisement on cable TV criticizing the vote. The group was formed on Barack Obama's social networking website, but found new life when the Presidential hopeful decided to ignore the desires of his constituents and support immunity. The group apparently hopes that shaming politicians after the fact will have some impact on future votes. Of course AT&T campaign contributions are probably a stronger motivator.

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