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...