Bush is asking Congress to extend retroactive immunity to telecommunications companies who assisted -- prior to 9/11, it turns out -- his administration's warrantless wiretapping schemes, all the while insisting that no laws were broken. Why, then, the rush to secure immunity?The answer is obvious. US criminal statute (just one of many applicable laws) 18 U. S. C. 2702 reads in part:
"...a provider of remote computing service or electronic communication service to the public shall not knowingly divulge a record or other information pertaining to a subscriber to or customer of such service... to any governmental entity."
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