Title 2: Litigation Procedures for Telecommunication Company Liability
• Does not confer retroactive immunity on telecom companies alleged to have assisted in the President’s warrantless surveillance program.
• Provides telecom companies a way to present their defenses in secure proceedings in district court without the Administration using “state secrets” to block those defenses.
Title 3: National Commission on Warrantless Surveillance
• Establishes a bipartisan, National Commission – with subpoena power – to investigate and report to the American people on the Administration’s warrantless surveillance activities, and to recommend procedures and protections for the future.
Its very rare that I see a proposal in Congress that genuinely makes me happy. This is one of those moments.
