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Senate Passes Telecom Immunity Bill
zehnra writes "The U.S. Senate this afternoon passed the FISA Amendments Act, broadly expanding the president's warrantless surveillance authority and unconstitutionally granting retroactive immunity to telecommunications companies that participated in the president's illegal domestic wiretapping program. The House of Representatives passed the same bill last month, and President Bush is expected to sign the legislation into law shortly." The New York Times has a story, as does the Associated Press (carried here by Yahoo!). Reader Guppy points out the roll call for the vote.
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The only upheaval was committee control. The Blue Dogs and Lieberman actually make Congress vote as a Republican on anything related to Iraq or national security. The moral is that you need to pay attention to who your politicians are, not just what party they're affiliated with.
That's very Islamic thing to say. That's the proper rule when selecting an Islamic rule (and don't even start throwing stones with current Muslim "presidents" and "kings" - they are a disgrace of Islam).
I do not believe in karma. "Funny"=-6. Do good and forbid evil. Yours, Oft-Offtopic Flamebaiting Troll.
Le American is a good example of the power of US press and propaganda. If your particular country does not have someone in favor of wars of aggression that harm your business interests, just wait a few years.
This is a dark day for everyone. The Bush administration and the next will use this immunity to identify and crush political opposition. This will embolden them to more conquest and oppression, which will result in more of the same. Beware.
No calls now, I'm
No wonder you post at -1.
Oh wait, this is one of twitter's sockpuppets. Nevermind.
and as usual, Ron Paul.