US Spy Bill with Telecom Immunity Likely to Pass
By Curt on Dec 17, 2007 in United States, Anti-Free Speech Laws
Update: Telecom immunity back on the table, according to EFF.
Congress returns to Washington DC this week, and with them returns the battle over telecom immunity. Recall that on the eve of a key vote in December 2007, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid delayed action on the surveillance bill until January, giving Senators additional time to hear from their constituents.
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Update: Excellent news. According to EFF, a Dodd-led filibuster pressured Democratic head Harry Reid to postpone the vote on this bill.
Right on, Doddmeister! (or His Doddness, or Dodder, or El Dodderino if you’re not into the whole brevity thing.)
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According to Threat Level, the bill currently wending its way through the U.S. Senate that allows the government to spy with impunity on its own people and gives immunity to communications companies that have cooperated in ostensibly illegal spying activities.
The bill provides “amnesty for telecoms that helped the government spy on Americans without court orders and greatly expand the government’s ability to spy using American telecom facilities and communication services.”
If you’re a U.S. citizen, by all means contact your Senator and ask him or her to join Christopher Dodd (D-Connecticut), in opposing this asinine bill.
