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FISA Fallout

Friday, March 14, 2008

We check in on the current congressional wrangling between the Whitehouse and Congress over the FISA bill with Paul Kiel, a reporter-blogger at TalkingPointsMemo.com, and Siobhan Gorman, an Intelligence and Homeland Security Correspondent from The Wall Street Journal.


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  • [1] superf88 March 14, 2008 - 09:51AM

    So, the House held an "unusual closed-door session to talk about classified intelligence..." obviously that means it was off the record BUT can't they still ask those present whether the session, in their opinions, SHOULD HAVE been off the record?

    (Would have appreciated that question being asked in the "lead up to war" in 02/03 during the secret executive-congressional mtgs then).


  • [2] peter from manhattan March 14, 2008 - 10:32AM

    If the telecoms did nothing wrong, as the President insists, then why do they need immunity? Clearly, he is lying again.

    Sheesh.
  • [3] eCAHNomics March 14, 2008 - 10:33AM

    I don't know why we need 3 branches of govt. I think we ought to just let W do whatever he wants to do. Get rid of congress and the courts and save money. /snark
  • [4] eCAHNomics March 14, 2008 - 10:36AM

    Oh, and BTW, if you haven't done anything wrong, why are you worried about govt spying on you? /snark
  • [5] Paulo from Paterson, New Jersey March 14, 2008 - 10:45AM

    The thing that really infuriates me about all this is that they won't even acknowledge the POSSIBILITY of abuse... and because they won't even acknowledge that, they aren't offering any possible solutions that will ease our fears about it... instead their only solution is to create MORE fear by convincing us that if we don't do exactly what they say, we're all going to die.

    If they just said: "Look, we get that you're all concerned about this, and we realize that we have to be wary about government monitoring our actions, so here's what we're going to do to offer oversight and accountability..." That's what someone should do if they intend this program for legitimate purposes.
  • [6] John from Orlando, FL March 14, 2008 - 06:19PM

    This is going no where. The Republicans are protecting the rich and have no regard for our civil liberties. The Democrats are doing the right thing for the American people, but don't have the majority to override the Republican Administration.

    Bush wants immunity, for himself, not the Telecommunications companies. This is about self-preservation.

    The Republicans are trying to preserve their party and this is why they are supporting the President.

    Down with politics! We are losing our freedom, more and more each year.

    Support the House Amendment . Send letters, e-mails, and make calls to your Republican representatives and beg them to protect the Constitution and truly represent the people (Not the Corporations or the Party).

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