Update: White House Barters with Congress for Telecom Immunity

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The Washington Post had reported that The White House
and the Senate Intelligence Committee have been bartering
over some documents pertaining to the National Security
Agency's questionable legal surveillance program.  It
sounds like a fair and honest bargain had been reached when
The White House agreed to provide such documents to Congress
in exchange for them granting immunity to the telecom companies. 

The telecom companies are seeking immunity because they knowingly
were violating The U.S. Constitution while conducting illegal
wiretaps for the NSA.  The haggling between Congress and The White
House lingers for yet another day.
 
"I don't think we should be in the business of granting immunity in
situations where a company has every opportunity to determine
whether something is legal or not."       
Sen. Russell Feingold (D-Wis.)

Update 11-15-07 

http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2007/11/15-0

"Congress Keeps Telecoms on the Hook for Illegal Spying

Full House and Senate Judiciary Committee Each Pass Bills
with No Amnesty for Warrantless Surveillance

Washington, D.C. - Both the full House of Representatives
and the Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to keep
telecommunications companies on the hook for their role in
illegal government spying on millions of ordinary Americans
-- at least for now."