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|author=The Washington Post editorial board
|author=Andrew C. McCarthy
|source=The Washington Post
|source=Human Events
|date=October 1, 2006
|date=February 15, 2008
|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/30/AR2006093001027.html
|url=http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=25017
|quote="Yet Mr. Bush's pressure tactics worked again. He has the lamentable legislation he wanted -- which will bring discredit onto this country in any number of ways -- and Republicans are busily blasting Democrats as terrorist-coddlers anyway."
|quote="Denying immunity would not just be counterproductive -- creating disincentives for cooperation from the industry whose expertise provides us with a technology edge over the people trying to kill us. It would be grossly unfair and eventually prompt the industry to question all government directives -- even court orders -- for fear that compliance would lead to ruinous litigation costs."
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{{opinion|Military Commissions Act of 2006|Compromise bill should be passed|against}}
{{opinion|Protect America Act of 2007|Act should be renewed|for}}

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Author(s) Andrew C. McCarthy
Source Human Events
Date February 15, 2008
URL http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=25017
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Quotes-start.png "Denying immunity would not just be counterproductive -- creating disincentives for cooperation from the industry whose expertise provides us with a technology edge over the people trying to kill us. It would be grossly unfair and eventually prompt the industry to question all government directives -- even court orders -- for fear that compliance would lead to ruinous litigation costs." Quotes-end.png


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This item argues for the position Act should be renewed on the topic Protect America Act of 2007.