For more than a year they have been looking into alleged abuses in public-works contracts; a public inquiry would have to grantimmunity to witnesses who might otherwise be charged.
In the end, most members of the legislature acknowledged that without the grant of immunity, telephone companies would be reluctant to cooperate with further emergency wiretaps.
最后,大部分议员承认,如果不给予豁免权,电话公司不会愿意在将来的紧急监控行动中提供合作。
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If what they did in the past was legal and proper, why is it necessary to grant them retroactive immunity?