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Democrats Propose Commission To Investigate Spying
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."
However, McCain did support Bush's latest veto. In other words, no matter how frequently McCain says that he is anti-torture, what he actually does indicates that he is in favor of waterboarding. He has been catching a lot of flak for his hypocritical support of Bush's veto; this latest anti-torture publicity offensive is simply damage control.