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Democrats Propose Commission To Investigate Spying

Posted by kdawson on from the no-immunity-for-you dept.

metalman writes "Wired has a story on a proposal by House Democrats to 'establish a national commission — similar to the 9/11 Commission... to find out — and publish — what exactly the nation's spies were up to during their five-year warrantless, domestic surveillance program.' The draft bill would also preserve the requirement of court orders and remove 'retroactive immunity for telecom companies.' (We've discussed various government wiretaps, phone companies, and privacy violations before.) But it seems unlikely that such an alternative on phone immunity would pass both the House and Senate, let alone survive a Presidential veto."

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  1. This Is Why The Democrats Will Lose (Again) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Because they just don't get it.

    Americans don't want their government protecting the rights of terrorists - they want their government to kill the fucking terrorists.

    Congratulations President-elect McCain.

  2. Merely Posturing... by EveryNickIsTaken · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Nothing more.

  3. Re:Speak really slowly for me... by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The problem is that the Americans have a two-party system and the one the president belongs to generally has plenty votes to block the two-thirds thing easily. No, we actually don't have a two-party system, we here Stupid Ass Americans (SAA's, for short) just think we do. But, we also think french fries come from France, so I'm sure that explains a lot.
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    My blog
  4. How's That Impeachment Coming Along, Y'all? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    C'mon! You've had almost EIGHT years to impeach Bush and Cheney! What's wrong with you fucktards?

    Ha ha ha!