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The Senate easily approved legislation to overhaul government eavesdropping rules in terrorism and espionage cases and effectively granted immunity to telecommunications companies that participated in a secret domestic spying program, ending a contentious debate that has raged for more than two years. Among the 69 senators who voted “yes” on final passage was Barack Obama (Ill.), who had opposed the immunity provision. – Washington Post
Somebody is getting the message.