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House Dem Bill Would Deny Telcos Retroactive Immunity for Domestic Snooping
Congressional Quarterly's Tim Starks reports:
Intelligence Chairman Silvestre Reyes, D-Texas, said Thursday that the bill [governing electronic surveillance] would not grant retroactive liability protection to telecommunications firms that cooperated with government surveillance efforts since the Sept. 11 attacks, which Republicans say is essential.
Reyes also said he favors a requirement that intelligence agencies secure a warrant for monitoring communications involving U.S. citizens in the United States beyond a short emergency period, even if the target of the surveillance is a foreigner located outside the country.
But Reyes did not specify whether the legislation would mandate individual warrants in all cases, as civil liberties advocates are seeking, or broader, programmatic court approval for international surveillance. ...
But, Starks reports, Senate Dems may cave:
Senate Intelligence Chairman John D. Rockefeller IV, D-W.Va., is negotiating legislation with Christopher S. Bond, R-Mo., with an eye toward marking up legislation Oct. 18. No details have been made available about that bill, but civil liberties advocates are worried that the Senate measure will include retroactive liability protection for telecommunications firms.
you suppose they'll be as successful at passing this as they have been at making Bush stop the unconstitutional spying in the first place, and bringing the occupation of Iraq to a conclusion?
[Senate Intelligence Chairman John D. Rockefeller IV, D-W.Va., is negotiating legislation with Christopher S. Bond, R-Mo., with an eye toward marking up legislation Oct. 18. No details have been made available about that bill, but civil liberties advocates are worried that the Senate measure will include retroactive liability protection for telecommunications firms.]
my bet is that the "John D. Rockefeller IV - Christopher S. Bond" bill will be what we'll get from the Democrats and their bosom buddies, the Republicans, and the rule of law and the 4th amendment can take a hike
don't you just love this part of how the Dem majority is doing business:
"No details have been made available about that bill"
so exactly what is different about the way the Dems are running government than the way the Bushwackers have done it?
Call me a broken record, but
I firmly believe we'd have
our moon base today and more
if it wasn't for these people
sitting around on the government dime reading other people's email...then, you
get into this really interesting issue called 'intellectual property', and EMPLOYERS
snooping down on their employees, nevermind 'the government', it really gets
fun when you start talking
about private companies.
Don't record your personal
inventions, something you might try to patent, on a
computer connected to th'innirnit...