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	<title><![CDATA[Bush and the Phone Companies: Partners in Crime]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/timothy-karr/bush-and-the-phone-compan_b_67992.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>Phone companies have opened a new front in their campaign against the free flow of information. This time they've found a powerful ally in the White House. </p>

<p>AT&amp;T and Verizon have already shown their disdain for <a href="http://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/2007/09/13/verizon-scrambles-lawyers-to-squash-minor-threat-to-wireless-cartel/">free</a> <a href=:"http://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/2007/08/15/att-gets-caught-in-its-own-spin-cycle/">speech</a> and <A href="http://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/2007/09/13/verizon-scrambles-lawyers-to-squash-minor-threat-to-wireless-cartel/">Net Neutrality</a>, and their eagerness to <a href="http://www.eff.org/legal/cases/att/">let government spies</a> lurk on our phone calls. Now, <a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobbyists/clientlbs.asp?txtname=Verizon+Communications&amp;year=2006">their</a> <a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobbyists/clientsum.asp?txtname=AT%26T&amp;year=2004">lobbyists</a> have teamed with President George Bush to strong arm Congress into granting full immunity for a disturbing array...</A></p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Media]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-03-28T02:47:00-04:00</date_published>
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