The congress has behaved in such a pro government/pro tyranny/rubberstamp way that this is a rare victory for privacy and the constitution. Technically, this disturbing "law" doesn't expire until midnight, but since congress has already recessed, WE THE PEOPLE WON!
The best part is these telecom companies that helped the federal "government" engage in KNOWINGLY ILLEGAL wiretaps will lose their CURRENT immunity. Awesome!
There are 40 lawsuits currently pending against these traitor telecom companies who bowed to government's coercion and helped it commit acts that violated the spirit AND the letter of the law before this expiring law was passed. Bush has been trying to get them retroactive immunity (a giant slap in the face to rule of law), and as I said, this horrible law expiring removes their CURRENT immunity.
If the government needs to tap someone's phone, they STILL can do it by going to the secret rubber stamp court called the "FISA" court. This court never turns down government of course because it's all a sham, but a sham "court" is still a touch better than full blown totally warrantless surveillance.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080216/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush
Reid and Pelosi are like stopped clocks (only right twice a day), but they are RIGHT ON here:
The best part is these telecom companies that helped the federal "government" engage in KNOWINGLY ILLEGAL wiretaps will lose their CURRENT immunity. Awesome!
There are 40 lawsuits currently pending against these traitor telecom companies who bowed to government's coercion and helped it commit acts that violated the spirit AND the letter of the law before this expiring law was passed. Bush has been trying to get them retroactive immunity (a giant slap in the face to rule of law), and as I said, this horrible law expiring removes their CURRENT immunity.
If the government needs to tap someone's phone, they STILL can do it by going to the secret rubber stamp court called the "FISA" court. This court never turns down government of course because it's all a sham, but a sham "court" is still a touch better than full blown totally warrantless surveillance.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080216/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush
Reid and Pelosi are like stopped clocks (only right twice a day), but they are RIGHT ON here:
"Their true concern here is not national security," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said in a statement. "Rather they want to protect the financial interests of telecommunications companies and avoid judicial scrutiny of their warrantless wiretapping program."
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