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Al Jazeera In Vermont

Jillian York | Posted 07.07.2008 | Home

Read More: Television, United States, Al Jazeera English, Al Jazeera, Telecoms, Burlington Vermont Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera Burlington, Rumsfeld Terror, Burlington Telecom Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera Rumsfeld, Consorship Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera Americans, Cable Al Jazeera, Donald Rumsfeld, Home News

When Burlington, Vermont's cable company, Burlington Telecom, decided to carry Al Jazeera, groups clamored both in protest and support, and bloggers around the world jumped on the story.

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Obama and Telecom Immunity: The Importance of Pushing

Bill Scher | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Warrantless Wiretapping, Obama Fisa Bill, Warrantless Surveillance, Obama 2008, Fisa, Obama Fisa Compromise, Telecoms, Telecom Immunity, Barack Obama, Politics News

Obama's recent statement on the new surveillance bill serves as a reminder that he is a politician. Not in either a negative or positive sense. It's just a plain fact.

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Obama: No Immunity For Telecoms

CBS News | David S. Morgan | Posted 06.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: FISA Bill, Telecom Immunity, Fisa, Telecoms, Barack Obama, Politics News

Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., issued a statement in support of the House's update of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, but said he would try to ...

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Cannes 2008: Globalization and Cinema: Who Wins and Who Loses in the Entertainment War?

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 05.29.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Rupert Murdoch, Cannes Film Festival 2008, Telecoms, Cannes Film Festival, Recession, Entertainment News

Cannes seemed more decadent than ever, precisely because it was dancing against a backdrop of death and destruction from Burma to China, to the US heartland and Wall Street's "recession."

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Boehner Wants Wiretap Protection For Himself, But Not Those Affected By Telecoms

Politico | Chris Frates | Posted 05.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: John Boehner Wiretap, John Boehner, Telecom Immunity, Boehner Wiretap, Boehner Telecoms Immunity, Telecoms, Politics News

When a federal judge ordered Rep. Jim McDermott to pay House Minority Leader John A. Boehner and his attorneys more than $1 million in damages and leg...

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"Indecency"

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 03.31.2008 | Politics

Where is the oversight of those who declare what is indecent? Indeed, where is the oversight of those who are providing oversight?

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U.S. Digital Deficiency Jeopardizes 'Super Power' Status

Shelly Palmer | Posted 03.27.2008 | Media

Read More: Digital Citizens, Verizon, Broadband, Wireless Airwaves Auction, Telecoms, Public Airwaves, AT&T, Media News

Other countries have 100 of something we have 1.5 of. They can move information much faster than we can. This is a real problem. Information = currency.

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Rock Against Telecom Immunity!

Max and the Marginalized | Posted 03.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Telecom Immunity, Fisa, Bush, Domestic Spying, Max and the Marginalized, Telecoms, Politics News

A song for the telecom companies that broke the law and complied with the administration's domestic spying program to play while they put you on hold.

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Bush's Terror Card Backfires on Spying

Ari Melber | Posted 03.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Nsa, Surveillance, Spying, Fisa, Domestic Wiretapping, War on Terror, Counterterrorism, Wiretapping, Telecommunications, Telecoms, Domestic Spying, Politics News

Will we maintain accountability, oversight and the rule of law while aggressively pursuing terrorists, or will we allow incumbent politicians to trade away our rights to increase their own power?

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McCain Campaign Has 23 Telecom Lobbyists

USA Today | Matt Kelley | Posted 03.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: McCain Telecom Lobbyists, Mccain Telecom, John McCain Lobbyist, John McCain Telecom, McCain Lobbyists, McCain Lobbyist, Telecoms, Telecom Immunity, Telecom Lobbyists, Politics News

Republican presidential candidate John McCain has condemned the influence of "special interest lobbyists," yet dozens of lobbyists have political and ...

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R U 4 Free Speech?

Laura Scher | Posted 03.13.2008 | Media

Read More: Censorship, Text Messages, First Amendment, Verizon, Verizon FCC, Fcc, Naral, Verizon Abortion, Verizon NARAL, Federal Communications Commission, Free Speech, National Abortion Rights Action League, Verizon Text Messages, Verizon Censoring, Telecoms, Media News

We can't rely on the goodwill of big telecoms like Verizon to allow text messages as they see fit. This new, quick way to connect needs to be regulated.

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Conyers: Classified Docs Show Telecoms Don't Need Immunity

Wired | Ryan Singel | Posted 03.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bush Telecoms Wiretap, Telecoms Immunity, John Conyers, House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers, Retroactive Immunity, Telecoms Bush, Telecoms, Telecom Immunity, Politics News

House Judiciary Committee Democrats say they analyzed the telecom spying documents they've sought for more than a year and have come to the conclusion...

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Crank Call

Bill Maher | Posted 03.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Telecoms Immunity, Retroactive Immunity, Telecoms, Telecom Immunity, Real Time With Bill Maher, Bill Maher, Politics News

New Rule: Americans must spend their stimulus checks on crystal meth.

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Unspinning the President

William Fisher | Posted 02.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Warrantless Spying, Warrantless Wiretapping, Surveillance, Fisa, Telecoms, National Security, Politics News

In case you've only been reading the mainstream press, you might not know that there are many veteran counter-terrorism experts and legal scholars who aren't buying Dubya's rantings.

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Richard Clarke: White House Wrong On Telecom Immunity

TPMmuckraker | Paul Kiel | Posted 02.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: FISA Bill, Mike McConell, Richard Clarke, Telecoms, Telecom Immunity, Richare Clark Telecom Immunity, Politics News

You've heard from President Bush over and over and over and over again about the imminent danger the country is in. And you've heard from the director...

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Backdooring the Constitution

William Fisher | Posted 02.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Foia, Open Government Act, Signing Statements, Patrick Leahy, Doj, John Ashcroft, Department of Justice, Fisa, Telecoms, Detainee Treatment Act, Politics News

Critics of the Bush Administration say they are not surprised at the president's use of the budget to thwart the will of congress. They see the tactic as part of a pattern of restricting access to information.

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The Senate Should Say "No" to Telecom Immunity

Jeff Merkley | Posted 02.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Oregon, Fisa, U.S. Senate, Protect America Act, Gordon Smith, Merkley, Retroactive Immunity, Telecoms, Telecom Immunity, Politics News

For the last several years, the telecoms have turned over the records of millions of Americans. These records were released under no warrant or judicial oversight.

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Reid On Clinton And Obama: "I Need Them Back"

Political Radar | Byron Wolf | Posted 01.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Senator Harry Reid, Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, Economic Stimulus Package, Telecoms, Bush Stimulus Plan, Telecom Immunity, Barack Obama, Politics News

Senate Democrats held a special meeting Thursday to decide on two bills both with a deadline of February 15. In between now and then...is Super Tuesda...

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Why the Airwaves Auction Matters to Progressives

Timothy Karr | Posted 01.30.2008 | Media

Read More: Wireless, Telecommunications, Internet, Broadband, Wireless Airwaves Auction, Wireless Spectrum, Telecoms, Media News

With a few exceptions, we have been blissfully free of gatekeepers on the wired Internet. But that won't be the case in the wireless world -- unless we make it so.

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Full Frontal Scrutiny: exposing front groups

Craig Newmark | Posted 01.29.2008 | Media

Read More: Freedom's Watch, Ari Fleischer, Front Groups, Telecoms, Media News

Front gropus are sometimes called "astroturf," since they're the opposite of honest grassroots efforts. More bluntly, the purpose of a front group is to deceive consumers or voters.

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Just Say NO to Telecom Immunity

Laura Scher | Posted 01.24.2008 | Media

Read More: Warantless Wiretapping, Immunity, Telecoms, Telecom Immunity, Wiretapping, Media News

I know it's a little odd as the CEO of a phone company to be against immunity for other phone companies. But I'd like to think of myself as the voice of reason.

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Qwest Donation To Democratic Convention Reveals Telecoms' Shifting Allegiance

Colorado Confidential | Dan Whipple | Posted 12.25.2007 | Home

Read More: Democratic Convention, Telecom Industry, Telecoms Democrats Republicans, Telecoms Democratic Party, Telecoms, Huffington Post Off the Bus, Offthebus, Home News

Political donations from the telecom industry show a strong change from Republicans to Democrats over the last three election cycles. The Qwest pledg...

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The Los Angeles Times Retreats from the Rule of Law

John Seery | Posted 12.22.2007 | Media

Read More: Los Angeles Times, Spying, Fisa, Warantless Eavesdropping, Telecoms, Domestic Spying, Media News

Perhaps the L.A. Times editors should reacquaint themselves with the plain language of Fourth Amendment.

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Ten Worst Telco Moments of 2007

Timothy Karr | Posted 12.20.2007 | Media

Read More: Iphone, Fcc, 2007, Media, Fisa, Verizon Censoring, Telecoms, Kevin Martin FCC, Net Neutrality, Media News

#2. Telcos Spy on Millions of Americans. #4. AT&T and Verizon Censor Free Speech. #8. Bush's Justice Dept. Files Against Net Neutrality.

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Ex-Sprint CEO Goes Back To School

Silicon Valley Insider | Dan Frommer | Posted 12.20.2007 | Business

Read More: Gary Forsee, Dan Hesse, Telecoms, Back to School, Sprint, University of Missouri, Business News

Don't expect to see former Sprint Nextel (S) CEO Gary Forsee back in the wireless scene any time soon: The long-time telecom exec will be named presid...

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