Stop Telecom Amnesty
18 October 2007 4:10 pm by Taylor Marsh
Stop Telecom Amnesty updated & bumped
Reid to Shut Down Dodd?
Jane has more.
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The Military Commissions Act. Warrantless wiretapping. Shredding of Habeas
Corpus. Torture. Extraordinary Rendition. Secret Prisons.No more.
I have decided to place a “hold” on the latest FISA bill that would
have included amnesty for telecommunications companies that enabled the President’s
assault on the Constitution by illegally providing personal information on
their customers without judicial authorization.I said that I would do everything I could to stop this bill from passing,
and I have.It’s about delivering results — and as I’ve said before, the FIRST thing
I will do after being sworn into office is restore the Constitution. But we
shouldn’t have to wait until then to prevent the further erosion of our country’s
most treasured document. That’s why I am stopping this bill today.
DODD’S PETITION
UPDATE: Obama joins Dodd. Nothing from Clinton yet.
“I have consistently opposed this Administration’s efforts to use debates about our national security to expand its own power, whether that was on the Iraq war, or on its power grab to curb our civil liberties through domestic surveillance programs. It is time to restore oversight and accountability in the FISA program, and this proposal — with an unprecedented grant of retroactive immunity — is not the place to start.” – Barack Obama
