What are the chances the telecom co's will challenge the new FISA bill in court?

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/06/washington/06nsa.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&ref=todayspaper&adxnnlx=1186395915-tqvq1DCuTrtCckcTF3aAUw

Bush Signs Law to Widen Legal Reach for Wiretapping

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The new law gives the attorney general and the director of national intelligence the power to approve the international surveillance, rather than the special intelligence court. The court’s only role will be to review and approve the procedures used by the government in the surveillance after it has been conducted. It will not scrutinize the cases of the individuals being monitored.

The law also gave the administration greater power to force telecommunications companies to cooperate with such spying operations. The companies can now be compelled to cooperate by orders from the attorney general and the director of national intelligence.

Democratic Congressional aides said Sunday that some telecommunications company officials had told Congressional leaders that they were unhappy with that provision in the bill and might challenge the new law in court. The aides said the telecommunications companies had told lawmakers that they would rather have a court-approved warrant ordering them to comply.

In fact, pressure from the telecommunications companies on the Bush administration has apparently played a major hidden role in the political battle over the surveillance issue over the past few months.

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said so in his press release


http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Solly%20Mack/351