Phone Companies Seeking Immunity Gave Money To Key Senator

The New York Times:

Executives at the two biggest phone companies contributed more than $42,000 in political donations to Senator John D. Rockefeller IV this year while seeking his support for legal immunity for businesses participating in National Security Agency eavesdropping.

The surge in contributions came from a Who's Who of executives at the companies, AT&T and Verizon, starting with the chief executives and including at least 50 executives and lawyers at the two utilities, according to campaign finance reports.

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[NATIONALSECURITY4US]

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With members of congress being told as often as
possible by me about these serious crimes that
were committed - including sen. rockefeller on more then one occasion & in detail...

How in the hell did they fall 4 this when this
admin. has been so secretive about almost everything whether it is a secret or not...

Read director muellers' words above in the link
& I find it hard that he still has his job...

2 many people possess CREDENTIALS & SECURITY CLEARANCES THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN STRIPPED LONG AGO...

EVEN THOSE WHO STILL POSSESS A BADGE & GUN...

Here is proof of SENT OFFICIAL E-MAILS 2 those
& no follow up = only listening 2 the feds & no
thorough investigation of any kind = TREASON...

http://360.yahoo.com/caspereraser1

ENJOY KNOWING THE TRUTH - THE PRESS WILL NOT REPORT ON & A MAJOR CASE LAWYERS ARE SCARED TO TAKE - OR WERE THREATHENED 2 SUPPRESS & SILENCE
DUE 2 NATIONAL SECURITY OR TERRORISM RELATED MATTERS = PURE BULLSHIT...

While hiding behind these bogus excuses this admin. has just kept on violating more & more of American / International Laws without any fear of investigations or being investigated...

Then this story comes out & it should make everyone REALLY WONDER - when it is going to happen...

A STATEMENT MADE BY VICE PRESIDENT CHENEYS' TOP AIDE = CHILLING...

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2007/09/04/addington/index.html?source=newsletter

[NATIONALSECURITY4US]

MEMBERS OF THE SENATE INTEL. COMM. WERE TOLD ABOUT THESE MATTERS REPEATEDLY & OFTEN SEE LINK

http://www.fbi.gov/page2/may04/bolo052604.htm

These 2 were CAPTURED together & F.A.M. was recently dumped in Somalia & targeted 4 death twice 1/2007 & 6/2007 & both missed...

30+ months in U.S. custody & then a Most Wanted
Terrorist is released because SHRUB & CO. did not want to pay the constitutionally guaranteed
rewards...

Read more at the link provided below...
Top Middle = Aafia Siddiqui...
Bottom left = Fazul Abdullah Mohammed...

This person was flown overseas 4 Pakistan 2 say
that they found him to get out of paying his reward...Both F.A.M. & A.K.G. had $ 25 million
dollar rewards at the time of their CAPTURES...

Please remember that Congress appropriates the Reward money which is TAX-PAYERS Money & you can read this in the 14th amendment section 4..
Bottom right = Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani...

A whole lot of ILLEGAL ISSUES arose after the captures of these people - both had laptops as
well & once the FEDS compromised their laptops a whole lot of other people were rounded up in the fall of 2004 = FISA apps. spiked through the roof as reported by Dana Priest...

Those Elected hi-level govt. officials in the Cabinet chose 2 resign or quit instead of tell the American people the truth & hold those who
committed SERIOUS CRIMES - ACCOUNTABLE...

The list is endless who left office instead of removing those who deliberately & willfully DIRECTLY VIOLATED THEIR OATH OF OFFICE BY THEM VIOLATING THE U.S. CONSTITUTION as well as laws
pursuant to INTERNATIONAL LAWS...

Then SHRUB & CO. cries wolf again 4 congress 2
pass the PROTECT AMERICA ACT - now with all of the prominent members of congress who were told
about all of this = the catching & release of a most wanted terrorist - with rep. harman told
first & in great detail - until she told porter
goss who in turn told SHRUB who elevated him to CIA director...

TO BE CONTINUED

[bluesky49876]

I didnt realize these scums were so cheap

[navyveteran]

Can anything be more despicable? I guess Democrats really ARE NO DIFFERENT than republicans when it comes to taking money from the money changers!

[dr4Will]

chicken scum has been a coward for years

[rollingdivision]

I do not in any way support Senator Rockefeller. There's no way anyone is buying his support with some campaign cash. He's voting his conscience, like it or not. What is needed, warrantless interception and monitoring of foreign to foreign communications, warrantless interception and monitoring of foreign to US communications and complete civil and criminal immunity for all individuals, groups, companies and organizations which assisted the US government in these efforts.

[PollM]

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Selling out America and the American people, the provision set a real bad precedence.Senator Rockefeller claims sharp increases in contributions from telecoms had no influence on his support for the immunity provision,

Is Senator Rockefeller a crook?--> http://www.youpolls.com/details.asp?pid=773.

[LanceThruster]

I'm shocked, shocked to find that lobbying is going on in here!

However, I'm sure the infusion of cash has not affected his decision-making in the slightest.

[maddog2112]

Let's call it what it is, the favorite rightwing nut hate word is AMNESTY. They want Amnesty for the phone companies not "back dated imunnity". AMNESTY for a crime much more threatening than not filling out the peoper immigration papers, AMNESTY for direclty violating the constitution.

[fedupnburnin]

I think it should be clear by now. The greatest threat to ordinary Americans (non-lobbyists) is the Democrat and Republican parties. After watching "Conspiracy of Silence" on Youtube, I'm convinced they're all Satanists. Including the corporations.

[Liberal2]

And I, fedupandburnin, think this is the proof that federal elections (and this goes for all state and local elections as well) must be publically funded...not our present system of barely disguised bribery. "Barely"??? Maybe I'm wrong about that.

If state and local elections are not covered, corporations will just have to ensure their bribed crooks are given a good start at the local level.

We in New York State are seeing this work out here with Spitzer's plan of giving drivers licenses to criminals.

[leftLibertarian]

Gee. I'm shocked SHOCKED that the Democratic Party is as corrupt as the Republicans!!

No wonder impeachment is off the table -eh Pelosi.

[mach]

The article never mentioned party affiliation.

[TJTelecaster]

We're a fascist corporate oligarchy and this is a perfect example..!

How does this square with corporations having "personhood" you mean for them it a one way street..?

They have "personhood" when it suits them but not when it does not..?

Well that just bullshit..

It violates the 14th Amendment..

We should never trust or expect anything but the worse from any Rockefeller even this one..!

We should all be writing him at his website on the Senate site..

I think I will today..

[Plowboy]

Republicans do it.
Democrats do it.
Anyone can see that they all do it.
Without a doubt
they sell us out.

[maddog2112]

That's just the latest battle cry of the guilty. "Everybody does it" so just calm down and I should be fine for doing it too. This administration has reached heights far above and beyond what "everybody else" has ever done. This is a lame excuse and should not be tolerated. Impeachement, War crimes trial, Special prosecutor, but not this "they all do it" nonsense!

[PollM]

Selling out America and the American people, the provision set a real bad precedence.Senator Rockefeller claims sharp increases in contributions from telecoms had no influence on his support for the immunity provision,

Is Senator Rockefeller a crook?--> http://www.youpolls.com/details.asp?pid=773.