Specter Floats 'Compromise' on FISA Telecom Immunity
Manu Raju writes on The Hill:
The top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee is drafting a compromise to resolve the thorny issue of whether to provide retroactive liability protections for the phone companies that allegedly participated in the Bush administration’s secret wiretapping program.More here.
At a markup on a bill to overhaul the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) plans to offer an amendment that would make the federal government — instead of the phone companies — the defendant in about 40 pending lawsuits across the country.
The mark up starts Thursday and will continue next week.
Note: SAY NO! to any compromise on telecom immunity. - ferg
posted by Fergie @ 11/07/2007 09:57:00 PM
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