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General News 10/30/2007 at 4:59 PM EDT

The Politics of Eavesdropping | Print Article | Newsweek.com

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Reporter Isikoff writes that, with the help of Democratic Senate candidates running for president, the amnesty for surveillance by telecom companies may not be passed. Dodd has acted and others--Clinton still quibbling--are enforcing the Democratic position. Could it be Super Snoops might lose a round?

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Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.

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