Obama Telecom Immunity

Obama Spy Bill Vote Questioned At Netroots Nation

WSJ | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. Barack Obama's support of a recent overhaul of domestic spy laws that rankled many on the left still has them rankled if the opening session at t...

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Netroots Activist: Obama Win Would Be Victory For "Centrist Government"

Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama put himself on the opposite side of his party's leadership in the Senate yesterday by reversing course ...

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The Obama FISA Quandary

Dawn Teo | Posted 05.25.2011

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This group should work to defeat the FISA bill by pressuring enough senators to make sure it fails to pass. Instead, a great number of them are targeting Obama and so shooting themselves in the foot.

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Surveillance Vote Protesters Now Top Obama's Website

The Nation | Posted 05.25.2011

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Protesters are storming Barack Obama's website. But they all support Obama. A grassroots group of activists has been organizing on MyBo, Obama's offi...

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Obama On FISA: Security Trumps Suing Phone Companies

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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In a press conference on Wednesday, Sen. Barack Obama explained his support for a compromise on FISA legislation, saying that concerns over American s...

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Feingold Makes Case Against Telecom Immunity

Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) blasted the surveillance compromise bill on the Senate floor today: This legislation has been billed as a compromise betwe...

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Reid Won't Support FISA Compromise, At Odds With Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced this evening that he will vote against the compromise FISA legislation and work with likeminded colleagues...

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Obama Adviser On FISA: We'll Trust The Inspector General To Prevent Surveillance Abuses

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 05.25.2011

So Obama's position now is that the duty and power to protect the Constitution resides primarily not with the president or congress or the courts, but with a bureaucrat whose job is to conduct internal investigations of government agencies.

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MoveOn To Obama: Keep Your Word, Filibuster Telecom Immunity

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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MoveOn.org has launched a new campaign pressing Sen. Barack Obama to honor his pledge to filibuster any legislation that gives immunity to telecoms th...

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Obama Backs Bill Giving Immunity To Telecoms

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. Barack Obama's campaign released a statement Friday afternoon saying that while Obama opposes amnesty for telecom firms that spied on Americans, ...

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Intel Advisor Breaks With Obama On FISA, Backs Telecom Immunity

ABC News | Posted 05.25.2011

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In a new interview with National Journal magazine, an intelligence adviser to Barack Obama's presidential campaign broke with his candidate's position...

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