[Infowarrior] - Senate preparing to give telcom immunity on Monday

[Richard Forno]

(thank you Sen Reid -- caving again to the WH........rf)

http://www.boingboing.net/2007/12/14/senate-set-to-forgiv.html

Tim from the Electronic Frontier Foundation sez, "At EFF, we've just sent
out an urgent action alert. Monday morning, the Foreign Intelligence Service
Bill bill finally goes to the Senate floor, and at noon the Senate will cast
their most important votes yet on Telecom Immunity for participation in
massive, nationwide illegal NSA wiretapping. We've set up an action alert
page for Boing Boing readers to contact their Senators, and would be much
obliged if you could share the link."

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    The Senate is poised to grant retroactive immunity for telecoms that
broke the law! On Monday, there will be critical, make-or-break votes in the
Senate -- contact your Senator immediately to stop telecom immunity!

    Senate lawmakers must support Senator Chris Dodd and other heroes in
allowing a full debate to proceed on Monday, and they must vote to strip
telecom immunity from the bill.

    The Senate should not let the telecoms off the hook. Granting immunity
sets a dangerous precedent, sending the message that lawbreaking is
acceptable and that the rights of Americans can be freely infringed by
private companies in defiance of the law. And though the debate about the
proper process of collecting foreign intelligence is complex, the issue of
telecom immunity is not. The facts are simple enough: the telecoms broke the
law, so the Senate should let Americans have their day in court.