FISA Bill Vote Today, With Telco Immunity

Bimo_Dude writes "Today (June 20), Steny Hoyer is bringing to the House floor the latest FISA bill (PDF), which includes retroactive immunity for the telcos. The bill also is very weak on judicial review, allowing the telcos to use a letter from the president as a 'get out of liability free' card. Here are comments from the EFF. Glenn Greenwald, writing in Salon, describes the effect of the immunity clause this way: 'So all the Attorney General has to do is recite those magic words — the President requested this eavesdropping and did it in order to save us from the Terrorists — and the minute he utters those words, the courts are required to dismiss the lawsuits against the telecoms, no matter how illegal their behavior was.'"

Comments

Re:Treason

[Anonymous Coward]

Shut, the fuck, up! Where have you been the last 8 years?

Re:What will Obama do ?

[Jeremiah Cornelius]

He stands for nothing. He will auto-fellate, if that's what you mean. Doing so is how he justifies the bending-over.

Re:Press the button labeled "Submit"

[Nursie]

Insightful?

Maybe Jefferson was, but the rant underneath is an extremist libertarian nonsense.

Libertarians of the world hear my voice - your proposed system sucks just as badly as everything else and would result in unprecedented concentration of power by the wealthy, with slavery for the rest.

Re:What will Obama do ?

[freedom_india]

Or betray it before he even gets elected ? Ya, that bastard already betrayed you.
Somehow i think McCain is a better candidate than Obama: Straight-shooter, doesn't lie, and is experienced.

Re:Official: Obama Supports This!

[plasmacutter]

You could always "waste" your vote on Nader, Barr, McKinney, etc., etc. I mean if you're going to vote against Obama for spite, you might as well vote for a flaming leftist.

I guarantee you that they don't lie about their positions on the issues, and they aren't in bed with the corporations.

I want to assure democrats are sent packing!

until they grow some god damn balls they don't deserve office.

If this means subjecting the nation to bush part 3 then so be it, but voting for those others does not have the same effect as voting for a republican.