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Senator Slaps Down FISA Telecom Immunity

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the not-so-fast dept.

cleetus writes "Today Senator Chris Dodd decided to put a hold on the FISA bill, one of the provisions of which would have granted immunity to any telecom which, if found to have acted in good faith, violated U.S. laws in turning over customer data to the government. According to TPM Election Central, "By doing this, Dodd can effectively hold up the telecom immunity bill, because bills are supposed to have unanimous consent in the Senate before going forward. One Senator can make it very difficult to bring a bill to the floor by objecting to allowing it to go to a vote." This throws a fairly big roadblock in front of this bill, covered by Slashdot earlier today."

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  1. Re:Nice to know... by MBraynard · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Recently the FBI came to my shop and asked if I had sold a large quantity of fertilizer to a few white guys who were talking about killing all the n*ggers and k*kes. I told the FBI those guys came in on Tuesday and that I had a credit card reciepts from that day - but I'm not sure which of the dozen receipts from that day belonged to these two guys.

    So I told the cops I'd just make a copy of all twelve and they could take them and follow up themselves.

    Unfortunately, my effort to keep my neighborhood, family, and country safe has backfired. Some of the other customers whom the FBI followed up with because their's were among the receipts I shared with the FBI have decided to sue for violating their privacy.

    I'd really rather not have to go bankrupt defending myself so I think that, since I was clearly acting in good faith, I need to get immunity. The juries around here are played easily by the slick lawyers and right now I'm really hesitant to help the FBI again.