rawstory.com— Senator Chris Dodd gave a rousing speech this evening against telecom immunity, and will continue the fight in the morning. Filibuster! Video at the link.
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Tell me, where are all the balls in the Republican party? I have yet to see any of those assh**es stand up for the little guy the way Dodd and Kucinich have.
lol what?! I didn't say anything about his " Political affiliations " I'm talking about he picks and chooses to fight for and not fight for. It's not right. I mean, great for him that he is doing this, I'm not knocking him for it, but I'm knocking on the fact that they will fight for this but not for something that is killing people. Thats all I'm saying.
Mahn. I just finished the video too (31 minutes- and this is just the *threat* of the filibuster?). Dodd makes excellent points, the biggest being that they can pass the FISA enhancements WITHOUT turning a blind eye to the (probably) illegal assistance from AT&T et al.Oh, and for the confused people wondering about "retroactive warrants", etc., I suggest brushing up on FISA:<a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Intelligence_Surveillance_Act">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Intelligence_ ...</a>Under FISA, top secret warrants were perfectly available, even available AFTER wiretapping had already begun. But as far as we know, the warrants were never applied for. (Who knows, maybe they were told "no".) I haven't heard any defense as to why the executive branch and telecoms circumvented the judicial branch, as was laid out by the legislative branch with this law.
Plus, The Telecommunications Act of 1996 Section 222 provides that telecoms must protect ALL customer data and authorizes the FCC to levy fines of up to $130,000 per day per violation, with a cap of $1.325 million per violation. They've been doing this over a period of YEARS... so that's a lot of cash to come up with. This Act is also the reason why Qwest told Bush to stick it when they came asking them to roll over like AT&T, Verizon, et. al.
grtwhtJan 24, 2008
Reply is your friend - try it.
mtjohnsonJan 24, 2008
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fredfredricksonJan 24, 2008
Tell me, where are all the balls in the Republican party? I have yet to see any of those assh**es stand up for the little guy the way Dodd and Kucinich have.
norman619Jan 24, 2008
Not sure why I got dugg down for asking the guy for a link to help me get started.
stryder81Jan 24, 2008
lol what?! I didn't say anything about his " Political affiliations " I'm talking about he picks and chooses to fight for and not fight for. It's not right. I mean, great for him that he is doing this, I'm not knocking him for it, but I'm knocking on the fact that they will fight for this but not for something that is killing people. Thats all I'm saying.
kshakirJan 24, 2008
Mahn. I just finished the video too (31 minutes- and this is just the *threat* of the filibuster?). Dodd makes excellent points, the biggest being that they can pass the FISA enhancements WITHOUT turning a blind eye to the (probably) illegal assistance from AT&T et al.Oh, and for the confused people wondering about "retroactive warrants", etc., I suggest brushing up on FISA:<a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Intelligence_Surveillance_Act">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Intelligence_ ...</a>Under FISA, top secret warrants were perfectly available, even available AFTER wiretapping had already begun. But as far as we know, the warrants were never applied for. (Who knows, maybe they were told "no".) I haven't heard any defense as to why the executive branch and telecoms circumvented the judicial branch, as was laid out by the legislative branch with this law.
doomJan 24, 2008
Plus, The Telecommunications Act of 1996 Section 222 provides that telecoms must protect ALL customer data and authorizes the FCC to levy fines of up to $130,000 per day per violation, with a cap of $1.325 million per violation. They've been doing this over a period of YEARS... so that's a lot of cash to come up with. This Act is also the reason why Qwest told Bush to stick it when they came asking them to roll over like AT&T, Verizon, et. al.
sentinel88Jan 25, 2008
Those are only to be used after a warrant is issued. Not saying that they are used correctly, but that's the idea.