Obama Telecom Immunity

Obama Spy Bill Vote Questioned At Netroots Nation

WSJ | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics


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...

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

Washington Post | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics


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

The Obama FISA Quandary

Dawn Teo | Posted 07.11.2008 | Home


Dawn Teo

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.

Surveillance Vote Protesters Now Top Obama's Website

The Nation | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics


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...

Sam Stein

Obama On FISA: Security Trumps Suing Phone Companies

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics


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

Feingold Makes Case Against Telecom Immunity

Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics


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

Sam Stein

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics


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

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

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 07.02.2008 | Home


M.S. Bellows, Jr.

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.

MoveOn To Obama: Keep Your Word, Filibuster Telecom Immunity

The Huffington Post | Posted 06.30.2008 | Politics


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...

Obama Backs Bill Giving Immunity To Telecoms

The Huffington Post | Posted 06.28.2008 | Politics


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

Intel Advisor Breaks With Obama On FISA, Backs Telecom Immunity

ABC News | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


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