"You have to have law enforcement with adequate tools," Specter said. "But this business of warrantless wiretapping is not really in accordance with constitutional rights. And where you have the immunity granted to the telephone companies, that is still a festering wound."
President-elect Barack Obama, of course, angered the left by reversing course to vote in favor of the wiretapping legislation. He's forgiven Sen. Joe Lieberman. Will his hand of lenience extend to the powerful telecom industry? Time to tell…
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