House Republicans Renew Push for Telecom Immunity

CNet is running an update to the controversy over giving telecommunications giants such as AT&T immunity from lawsuits involving the assistance they gave the NSA for illegal wiretaps. Republican leaders are circulating a petition which would force a vote on the bill passed by the Senate but not by the House. Democrats are holding out for a version of the FISA bill which opens the telecoms to prosecution. President Bush still intends to veto any such document. "At a wide-ranging House hearing on Wednesday, FBI Director Robert Mueller again urged passage of a bill that includes immunity for phone companies, arguing that 'uncertainty' among the carriers 'affects our ability to get info as fast and as quickly as we would want.' He admitted, however, that he was not aware of any wiretap requests being denied because of Congress' inaction."

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Re:Republicans are a wierd set

[Nursie]

Lol.

The bible is a terrible source of morals/ethics. It's misogynist, spiteful and in some places just plain *weird*.

OTOH, you're right, it's pretty clear on the money issue.

But my first point there was really to illustrate that no sane individual derives morals from the bible.

Were it that simple

[magus_melchior]

Cheney has taken great pains to make sure that neither he nor Bush can be charged for anything. Why else do you think he never uses any sort of communication that can leave a voice or paper trail?

Hint: He served in the Nixon administration, where the paranoid President essentially wiretapped himself into a sure impeachment had he not resigned.

Add to this the exasperating number of yes-men and lawyers the VP and POTUS surrounded themselves with (John Yoo, anyone?) and you have an administration full of lawyers who will fight tooth and nail to keep justice from being served.