Not to dredge up this topic again, but I just saw this today, and I wonder if it had anything to do with the Democrats who supported the new FISA bill? Greenwald has more. Hear an interview...
We were all disappointed today when the FISA bill was passed by the Senate as a result of the pervasive fearful atmosphere created 7 years ago by 9/11. A friend of mine from England sent me some...
OK, here is his previous statement on FISA: this statement:I strongly oppose retroactive immunity in the FISA bill. Ever since 9/11, this Administration has put forward a false choice between the...
Back in February, we broke the story that some Republican Congressional Representatives were looking to circulate a discharge petition to force a vote on the FISA bill that would grant telcos...
From The Gavel:The House has just passed the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 3773, to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to establish a procedure for authorizing...
The pro-civil-liberties Democratic version of the surveillance bill just passed the House. The final vote was 213-195. There are all sorts of things about this version that are better than the White...
The House Democrats' version of the FISA bill has passed in a more or less party-line vote. The key difference: No immunity for telecom companies that participated in the program.The House version...
The House will be voting on its version of the new FISA bill today -- debate should start around 3:00 PM. The Democratic bill actually stands for the rule of law. There was a time -- before George...
I only bring this up because it again points to a seemingly well-run campaign machine suddenly suffering a number of self-inflicted "inconsistent message" wounds.First Goolsbee and the NAFTA gaff. ...
Glenn Greenwald has a preview of the FISA bill likely to pass the House. It's as wonderful as you'd expect.The current draft does not contain telecom immunity (solely for temporary strategic...