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FISA Senate Vote / Zimbabwe Update

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The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill that gives immunity to telecoms from surveillance lawsuits. In the first half hour we discuss the bill, now on its way to the Senate. Then, Zimbabwe’s opposition presidential candidate withdrew from Friday’s run-off election, citing increased violence. In the second half hour we look at the latest developments in Zimbabwe.

Guests:

Philip Carter, government contracts lawyer and national security writer for the Washington Post (first half hour)

Kevin Bankston, senior staff attorney for the Electronic Frontier Foundation (first half hour)

Michelle D. Gavin, adjunct fellow for Africa at the Council on Foreign Relations (second half hour)

Zvisinei Sandi, scholar rescue fellow at Stanford's Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (second half hour)

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