Following orders
Well our wonderful congress is rubber-stamping whatever Bush wants yet again, Constitution be damned. In this week's episode, it's providing immunity to telecom companies that have/will spy on American citizens at the whim of the government - no warrant required!
But of course how could we expect telecom companies to do anything else? After all, they were just following the fuhrer's orders, so why would we hold them - or anyone else with that excuse, including the fuhrer himself - responsible for anything?