We're putting together a story about the behind-the-scenes negotiations that led to 2008 legislation immunizing the nation's telecommunication companies from liability for assisting the government's warrantless dragnet program – the hijacking of Americans' electronic communications.

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Then-Sen. Barack Obama voted for the immunity package, which forced a San Francisco federal judge to dismiss an Electronic Frontier Foundation lawsuit targeting the nation's telecoms, accusing them of illegally funneling all electronic communications to the National Security Agency without warrants.

In response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit by the EFF, the government has now begrudgingly divulged thousands of pages of documents pertaining to the legislation's development.

We will be poring through them today.

The EFF notes, "The government has said it will continue to try to block the release of additional documents, including communications within the Executive Branch and records reflecting the identities of telecoms involved in lobbying for immunity." More litigation on the disclosure matter is set for January.

Take a look at the immunity negotiation documents and, in the comments section, report your findings. Be sure to link to the appropriate record, or note the name of the document and its page number in your PDF reader.

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