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http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/12/fisa.senate/
Senate OKs immunity for telecoms in intelligence bill
updated 4:52 p.m. EST, Tue February 12, 2008
From Pam Benson and Kevin Bohn
CNN Washington Bureau
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This vote included retroactive immunity so all those court cases is basically dead in the water.
Just a note: Hillary who was in DC area at the time, didn't bother to return to the chamber to vote. Obama and McCain showed up to vote.
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Just a reminder:
AT&T Announces Plan to Open Region Headquarters in Dubai
AT&T Announces Plan to Open Region Headquarters in Dubai AT&T Stand — Hall ZA, stand Z-D3, GulfComms '06 — Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre
San Antonio, Texas, November 20, 2006
Dubai — AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) has announced AT&T is opening a regional headquarters for the Middle East in Dubai. The new headquarters will enable AT&T to work with key local partners and customers more effectively. The initiative underlines the importance the company places on the Gulf as a market.
This announcement comes as AT&T is preparing to participate at GulfComm 2006, where it will be demonstrating its advanced range of Internet Protocol (IP)-based communications services for enterprise customers, along with its regional partner and affiliated company NavLink.
In 2005 AT&T announced the deployment of its network infrastructure in the region, initially in Qatar in cooperation with Qtel and further deployments in the region are planned including in the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
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What is left of value in the United States of America to sell to the Arabs?
Senate OKs immunity for telecoms in intelligence bill
updated 4:52 p.m. EST, Tue February 12, 2008
From Pam Benson and Kevin Bohn
CNN Washington Bureau
=============================
This vote included retroactive immunity so all those court cases is basically dead in the water.
Just a note: Hillary who was in DC area at the time, didn't bother to return to the chamber to vote. Obama and McCain showed up to vote.
=====================
Just a reminder:
AT&T Announces Plan to Open Region Headquarters in Dubai
AT&T Announces Plan to Open Region Headquarters in Dubai AT&T Stand — Hall ZA, stand Z-D3, GulfComms '06 — Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre
San Antonio, Texas, November 20, 2006
Dubai — AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) has announced AT&T is opening a regional headquarters for the Middle East in Dubai. The new headquarters will enable AT&T to work with key local partners and customers more effectively. The initiative underlines the importance the company places on the Gulf as a market.
This announcement comes as AT&T is preparing to participate at GulfComm 2006, where it will be demonstrating its advanced range of Internet Protocol (IP)-based communications services for enterprise customers, along with its regional partner and affiliated company NavLink.
In 2005 AT&T announced the deployment of its network infrastructure in the region, initially in Qatar in cooperation with Qtel and further deployments in the region are planned including in the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
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What is left of value in the United States of America to sell to the Arabs?
SIN EATERS--We take the moral excrement we find in this equation and we bury it down deep inside of us so that the rest of our case can stay pure. That is the job. We are morally indefensible and absolutely necessary.
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