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."

Comments

Re:Republicans are a wierd set

[Ihlosi]

I often wonder how they imagine themselves squaring accepting money from lobbyists, etc with God. "it was a lot of money" seems like a terrible excuse.

Not to mention that Jesus himself supposedly said that you can only serve one lord - money, or God. But then again, they probably read the Bible like they read a novel - read the first couple
of chapters with great interest, and then skip to the last to see how the story ends.

Re:Not until they cut us our $150,000.00 checks..

[jollyreaper]

Why are these Republicans so SOFT ON CRIME??? Because illicit gains from those crimes make them hard.

Re:National Security or Political Security?

[Nimey]

Roy Blunt -- $846,327 from Communic/Electronics industry Good to know the price of my "representative", thanks.

Re:Not until they cut us our $150,000.00 checks..

[Anonymous Coward]

I thought it was because they hate our Freedoms.