As mentioned in DailyKos: If telcos are presented with a warrant, they are legally required to participate in the program. They don’t get to refuse to cooperate when presented with a warrant. Another canard from the administration. Those warrants can be obtained–even without the administration filing paperwork until after the fact–from the FISC with little…
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Senate OKs Telecom Immunity Amendment in FISA
The Senate basically said it’s not the telecom company’s fault for cooperating with the administration’s illegal wiretapping program,which is being used to spy on the citizens of the USA. Of course, if they don’t cooperate, they may suffer the same fate as Qwest CEO, Joe Nacchio. Here’s the official tally. A big THANK YOU goes out to all you…
Senator Leahy and Dodd to filibuster against FISA
Tuesday, the Senate will be voting on amendments to FISA. Amendments, if passed, will give blanket immunity to telecom companies for violating our civil liberties. Leahy and Dodd will filibuster to make sure our civil liberties are not trampled on. It’s all about illegal domestic spying. The government spying on it’s own American Citizens (that…
AT&T & Verizon are paying Senator Rockefeller to push through Telecom Immunity
There are unscrupulous folks on both sides of the aisle. Money talks. If you pay your Senators enough dough, you can get what you want. Just another reason to become an Independant. Folks like these, who don’t care about your civil liberties (even in West Virginia) should be removed from office because they are not…
Richard Clarke weighs in on Bush FISA fight
Richard Clarke opines in the Philadelphia Inquirer about the fear-mongering tactics the Bush Administration is using to push their version of FISA through. Their version, tramples over our civil liberties by making warrantless wiretaps legal. Richard Clarke, you may remember, is the guy who, before and soon after 9/11, said we need to go after…
Senate Democrates want to help Bush weaken FISA
I think it may be time to become an Independent when our Democratic leadership decides it’s OK to chip away at our civil liberties I really don’t understand it. We all want to catch the bad guys. And we have no issues using wiretaps and monitoring emails. Just get a freakin warrant so that law…