1.0 link 77220 <![CDATA[Dodd's Filibuster Threat Stalls Wiretap Bill]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/12/17/dodds-filibuster-threat-s_n_77220.html Senator Chris Dodd won a temporary victory today after his threats of a filibuster forced Democratic leadership to push back consideration of a measure that would grant immunity to telecom companies that were complicit in warrantless surveillance.

The measure was part of a greater bill to reorganize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Earlier on Monday, the Senate, agreed to address a bill that would have overhauled FISA, authorized the monitoring of people outside the United States, given secret courts the power...

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