Wednesday, February 06, 2008
FISA Immunity Vote -- Godknowswhen
The current law's extension expires on February 15. The pro-spying-on-Americans, anti-Constitution wing of the Senate has adopted the tactic of waiting until the last minute to allow a vote on key amendments letting the telcos off the hook. This way, any extended debate, and the conference to resolve House-Senate differences would, necessarily, be brief . . . or the terrorists win.
Senate leader Harry Reid says, "They want to stall the FISA legislation as long as they can, and they’ve done a pretty good job, because they want this legislation to be completed at the last minute, to give the House and the Senate conferees little time to work on this."
Senator Kennedy, concurring, said, "The president’s insistence on immunity as a precondition for any FISA reform is yet another example of his contempt for honest dialogue and for the rule of law."
[Link for both quotes, good story too!]
[Here's another FISA Immunity story on why the proposed amendment by Diane Feinstein to put blanket domestic spying under the supervision of the FISA court, heretofore billed as a compromise, is actually a complete legalization of the offending un-warranted -- pun intended, but please don't laugh -- behavior. Feinstein amendment described here.]
[H/T to Liz Rose and Marcy Wheeler]
Senate leader Harry Reid says, "They want to stall the FISA legislation as long as they can, and they’ve done a pretty good job, because they want this legislation to be completed at the last minute, to give the House and the Senate conferees little time to work on this."
Senator Kennedy, concurring, said, "The president’s insistence on immunity as a precondition for any FISA reform is yet another example of his contempt for honest dialogue and for the rule of law."
[Link for both quotes, good story too!]
[Here's another FISA Immunity story on why the proposed amendment by Diane Feinstein to put blanket domestic spying under the supervision of the FISA court, heretofore billed as a compromise, is actually a complete legalization of the offending un-warranted -- pun intended, but please don't laugh -- behavior. Feinstein amendment described here.]
[H/T to Liz Rose and Marcy Wheeler]
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