Congress Strikes Deal to Overhaul Wiretap Law / New York Times, 20 June 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/20/washington/20fisa.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Eric Lichtblau
"After months of wrangling, Democratic and Republican leaders in Congress struck a deal on Thursday to overhaul the rules on the government’s wiretapping powers and provide what amounts to legal immunity to the phone companies that took part in President Bush’s program of eavesdropping without warrants after the Sept. 11 attacks."