By far the worst threat is an amendment from Senator Chris Dodd (D., Conn.) to deny legal immunity to telephone companies that cooperated with the government on these wiretaps after 9/11. The companies face multiple lawsuits, so a denial of even retrospective immunity would certainly lead to less such cooperation in the future. Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar Campwala
Absolutely biased coverage, without even a genuflection to acknowledge the separation of powers, the rule of law, the constitutional rights of privacy, Bush's self interest in preventing legal discovery in the wiretap suits that might feed impeachment, the slippery slope of retroactive immunity for criminals with connections, nor the probable over-stepping of domestic spying to spy on political opponents such as was done by Nixon. At Salon.com Glenn Greenwald nails this editorial for gross lies.
The failure to even attempt to accurately characterize the position of those in favor of curbing the Administration's wiretapping powers is disheartening. Opponents are described as "the anti-antiterror left", and the legitimate issues of privacy and corporate accountability are not even mentioned.
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