Today, Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd will fulfill a promise -- he will, if necessary, filibuster the FISA re-authorization bill if it includes retroactive immunity for the telecom corporations that provided unmitigated access without warrants to the current White House administration's program of domestic wiretapping.
Despite promises by fellow Democratic presidential hopefuls Sens. Joe Biden, Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton, none of them saw fit to stop campaigning and fundraising long enough to join in this filibuster.
Biden, courtesy Washington PostSan Francisco: Will you join Sen. Chris Dodd's hold and proposed filibuster on any FISA bill that includes retroactive immunity for telecoms? Thanks for joining us for this chat today, Sen. Biden, and thanks for the leadership you provide the Democratic Party and America.
Sen. Joe Biden: Yes.
Obama, courtesy Talking Points Memo"Senator Obama has serious concerns about many provisions in this bill, especially the provision on giving retroactive immunity to the telephone companies. He is hopeful that this bill can be improved by the Senate Judiciary Committee. But if the bill comes to the Senate floor in its current form, he would support a filibuster of it."
Clinton, courtesy Talking Points MemoQ: Can you discuss your position on the reauthorization of the FISA bill?
HRC: I am troubled by the concerns that have been raised by the recent legislation reported out of the Intelligence Committee. I haven't seen it so I can't express an opinion about it. But I don't trust the Bush Administration with our civil rights and liberties. So I'm going to study it very hard. As matters stand now, I could not support it and I would support a filibuster absent additional information coming forward that would convince me differently.
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