Telecom Immunity

Opponents of Retroactive Immunity Live To Fight Another Day

Chris Dodd | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Retroactive Immunity, Senator Dodd, FISA Bill, Chris Dodd, Fisa, Telecom Immunity, Rule of Law, Politics News
Chris Dodd

Retroactive immunity sends this message: "Trust me" -- a message coming straight from the mouth of President Bush. I would never take "trust me" for an answer, not even from a president on Mount Rushmore.

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Why We Don't Mind Uncle Sam Tapping Our Phones

Joel Schwartzberg | Posted 07.03.2008 | Living

Read More: George Bush, Warrantless Wiretapping, Humor, AT&T, The Inner Life, Privacy, FISA Bill, Phone, Satire, Political Humor, Wiretapping, Telephones, Fisa, Eavesdropping Program, Telecom Immunity, Telephone Companies Surveillance, David Letterman, Technology, Schwartzberg, Living News
Joel Schwartzberg

I guess it makes more sense to celebrate our freedom from government tyranny and interference before we give them the okay to monitor our private conversations. No one wants to be a party pooper.

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Obama and Telecom Immunity: The Importance of Pushing

Bill Scher | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Warrantless Wiretapping, Obama Fisa Bill, Warrantless Surveillance, Obama 2008, Fisa, Obama Fisa Compromise, Telecoms, Telecom Immunity, Barack Obama, Politics News
Bill Scher

Obama's recent statement on the new surveillance bill serves as a reminder that he is a politician. Not in either a negative or positive sense. It's just a plain fact.

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The Group of 15

Cenk Uygur | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: George W. Bush, The Group of 15, Telecom Immunity, Senator Feingold, The Young Turks, Joe Lieberman, Senate Democrats, Fisa, Democratic Senators, Campaign Finance, Politics News
Cenk Uygur

The Democrats who voted with the Republicans on FISA are actually worse than Joe Lieberman. Why? Because at least we know what we're getting with Lieberman.

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Feingold Makes Case Against Telecom Immunity

Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Telecom Immunity, Warrantless Wiretapping, Dodd Feingold Filibuster, Surveillance, Obama Telecom Immunity, Politics News

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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Dems Who Flipped On Telecom Immunity Got More Telecom Cash

Politico | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Telecom Immunity, Warrantless Wiretapping, Surveillance, Fisa, Restroactive Immunity, Democrats FISA, Politics News

House Democrats who flipped their votes to support retroactive immunity for telecom companies in last week's FISA bill took thousands of dollars more ...

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Why Congress Treats The Constitution Like A Toy

Art Brodsky | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Warrantless Wiretapping, FISA Bill, Democratic Congress, Congress, FISA Legislation, Warrantless Surveillance, FISA Renewal, Blue Dogs, Congressional Oversight, Retroactive Immunity, Democrats, Democratic Party, Telecom Immunity, Politics News
Art Brodsky

On FISA, our "legislators" had to legislate, or else they would be made to look bad by a president whose policies are now opposed by about 80 percent of the American people.

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Are the telecoms paying to get amnesty for illegal acts?

Craig Newmark | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics

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Craig Newmark

the folks at maplight.org look at what lobbyists get for what contributions in Congress. (mostly a press release, you judge for yourself:On March 14 o...

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Do the Democrats Want to Lose?

Cenk Uygur | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Tom Coburn, Russ Feingold, George W. Bush, Strategic Weakness, Telecom Immunity, Fisa, Democrats, Republicans, Politics News
Cenk Uygur

The Democrats are about to lose to Bush and the grossly unpopular Republicans again on FISA and telecom immunity. But are they really losing? That depends on what your objective is.

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Obama: No Immunity For Telecoms

CBS News | David S. Morgan | Posted 06.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: FISA Bill, Telecom Immunity, Fisa, Telecoms, Barack Obama, Politics News

Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., issued a statement in support of the House's update of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, but said he would try to ...

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Obama, Money, and a Campaign Finance Proposal

Bob Ostertag | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Campaign Finance, 2008 Presidential Race, Campaign Finance Reform, Obama Telecom Immunity, Obama FISA, Obama Fundraising, Public Financing, Telecom Immunity, Politics News
Bob Ostertag

Obama is raising more money via the Internet in small donations than any candidate in history. Hooray! But it is just as true that he is raising more money from fat cat donations than any candidate in history.

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Legitimizing Arrogance

Chellie Pingree | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Telecom Immunity, Me-01, Retroactive Immunity, Fisa, Warantless Wiretapping, Immunity, Chellie Pingree, Warrantless Wiretapping, Democratic Congress, Democrats, Politics News
Chellie Pingree

In a double sleight of hand, not only does new legislation passed yesterday by the House say unmonitored surveillance of American citizens is permitted, it blocks any opportunity to test the premise in the courts.

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Seth Colter Walls

McCain Campaign Aides Steered "Secret" Campaign For Telecom Immunity In 2007

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Fisa, Telecom Immunity, Politics News

With a sweeping revision to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) passing the House today -- in a version including near-certain immunity f...

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Obama Backs Bill Giving Immunity To Telecoms

The Huffington Post | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics

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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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Are the Democrats Worse Than the Republicans?

Cenk Uygur | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: FISA Bill, President Bush, Democrats, Capitulation, Telecom Immunity, Republicans, Warrantless Wiretapping, Law Breaking, Watergate, Democratic Congress, Congress, Weak Congress, Fisa, Politics News
Cenk Uygur

President Bush is the most unpopular president of all time -- literally. But if you keep losing to the worst, what does that make you?

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House passes new surveillance law

AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democrats and Spying on Americans, Warwire, GOP and Telecoms, Telecoms and Spying on Americans, Telecom Immunity, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The House on Friday easily approved a compromise bill setting new electronic surveillance rules that effectively shield telecommuni...

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Democrats Side With Republicans To Shield Telecoms Participating In Civilian Surveillance From Lawsuits

AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — House and Senate leaders have agreed to a compromise surveillance bill that would effectively shield from civil lawsuits the teleco...

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House Dems Capitulate On FISA, Telecom Immunity

Daily Kos | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics

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A final deal has been reached on a rewrite of electronic surveillance rules and will be announced Thursday, two congressional aides said. The aides s...

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Dems in Congress Moving Now to Spy on Americans, Reward Telecoms

Art Levine | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Telecom Immunity, Fisa, Aclu, House Democrats, Glenn Greenwald, Warrantless Spying, Politics News
Art Levine

The Democratic-led Congress, with the support of key House leaders, is moving quickly to expand unconstitutional spying authority on Americans and reward telecoms for breaking the law.

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Mr. Biz Whiz

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 06.12.2008 | Business

Read More: John McCain Lobbyist, Washington Post, John McCain, McCain Lobbyists, Nafta, Telecom Immunity, Great Depression, Business News
Jayne Lyn Stahl

By flip flopping on the constitutionality of the NSA's surveillance program, and giving key telecom lobbyists prominent play in his campaign, McCain shows that he, too, can be bought.

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ACLU Takes Sen. Bond to Task on Telecom Immunity

Melissa Hapke | Posted 05.29.2008 | Home

Read More: FISA Court, Fisa, Richard Nixon, Aclu, Telecom Immunity, Illegal Wiretapping, Wireap, Tele, Wiretapping, Kit Bond, Telecommunications, Christopher Bond, Warantless Wiretapping, George Bush, Immunity, Telecom, Home News

The ACLU wrote that Bond's proposal, "wouldn't actually look at whether telecom companies broke the law; it would just look at what the Bush administration told telecom companies was the law."

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Boehner Wants Wiretap Protection For Himself, But Not Those Affected By Telecoms

Politico | Chris Frates | Posted 05.20.2008 | Politics

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When a federal judge ordered Rep. Jim McDermott to pay House Minority Leader John A. Boehner and his attorneys more than $1 million in damages and leg...

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Next Version Of Telecom Immunity Will Be For Halliburton

Bob Geiger | Posted 04.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Senate, Wartime Enforcement of Fraud Act of 2008, Telecoms Immunity, Patrick Leahy, Halliburton, Halliburton Immunity, Telecom Immunity, Politics News
Bob Geiger

How long before Bush similarly begins blocking any attempt to hold his buddies in companies like Halliburton accountable for ripping off Americans and cheating our troops?

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Debate Questions I'd (Still) Like To Ask

Chris Weigant | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Unfortunately these questions remain largely unanswered, almost two months after the last debate.

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Obama Makes Bush Dog Rockefeller Go All Warm and Fuzzy

Russ Wellen | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Jay Rockefeller, Warrantless Spying, Cheney, Telecom Immunity, Fisa, Iraq, Barack Obama, Senate, Bush, Politics News
Russ Wellen

In the past, Rockefeller got into trouble for doing what the administration wants. Recently he got into trouble for doing what his kids want.

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