President Bush has put protecting the telecom giants from the laws... ahead of protecting you from the terrorists.
He has demanded an extension of the FISA law - the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act - but only an extension that includes retroactive immunity for the telecoms who helped him spy on you.
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This is a "Special Comment," and hence an opinion piece. It does not pretend to be neutral. Rather, it is a passionate piece of advocacy journalism. However, this does not make it "bad" journalism, because this comment also has much penetrating insight. And good journalism involves helping us understand the significance of the news, and in this, Olberman's Comment excels.
