Senate Panel To Delay Vote On Telecom Immunity Issue

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Source: CNN Money

WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The Senate Judiciary Committee won't decide whether to offer telephone companies immunity for their alleged participation in a warrantless government wiretapping program until next week, a spokeswoman for the panel said.

A planned mark-up of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act will now be split into two parts, the spokeswoman said.


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[peacebird]

1. keep on the pressure folks! Keep on the pressure and we might get the Senate to do the right thing

for a change.

[robinlynne]

2. Meanwhile, the subject of blanket warrants has disappeared from the media...

[katty]

3. Orwell speaks...delay the 'cave in'

[Kolesar]

5. Oh, poo, poo pitiful sad you

:cry:

[rcsl1998]

4. How Is Retroactive Immunity Even Remotely Legal?

...oops, silly me, I forgot...

[KAZ]

6. Interesting point! Since these are civil suits, congress...

.. would be removing a previously held right to sue, post facto. Would have been a good debate, in "the old country".

[Supersedeas]

7. i guess the hold has been overcome....hmmm

[gtar100]

8. Common tactic - Too hot to handle now, wait awhile and slip it through

This is getting sad. Our supposed "lawmakers" must be given stupid pills once they get to office (there are the few who refuse to take them, of course). Stupid pills == PAC money.