Congress Refuses to Strip Telcoms of Eavesdropping Immunity
Posted on February 12, 2008
Filed Under civil liberties
Obama Votes with the People. Â Clinton Stays Home.
  Our civil liberties took another blow to the gut today when the senate rejected an amendment to an intelligence bill that would have stripped immunity from telephone companies, making them accountable for unlawful eavesdropping.  Despite congress being in democratic hands, the bill failed and the telcoms remain immune from any lawsuits pertaining to wiretapping.  the only thing assuaging my anxiety is the knowledge that Barack Obama voted with people today, giving me some hope that the tyranny is ebbing.  What did Hillary do?  She stayed home.  An interesting choice considering her relentless critisism of Obama’s present votes on key issues.
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2 Responses to “Congress Refuses to Strip Telcoms of Eavesdropping Immunity”
good point. FISA blows chunks. Speech technology is my industry, and almost every phone conversation is being word-spotted, filtered, and drilled into if deemed necessary already.
What happens when a flagged word or phrase is discovered?