This is just sad.
From The New York Times:
The measure, approved by a vote of 69 to 28, is the biggest revamping of federal surveillance law in 30 years. It includes a divisive element that Mr. Bush had deemed essential: legal immunity for the phone companies that cooperated in the National Security Agency wiretapping program he approved after the Sept. 11 attacks.
The vote came two and a half years after public disclosure of the wiretapping program set off a fierce national debate over the balance between protecting the country from another terrorist strike and ensuring civil liberties. The final outcome in Congress, which opponents of the surveillance measure had conceded for weeks, seemed almost anticlimactic in contrast.
So, the ISP’s get their immunity.
Talk amongst yourselves.
Ever get the feeling that our elected officials are not doing what we elected them for?
Does it seem to be getting worse?
Feel like they will listen to your concerns?
Im sorry, got distracted, what was I saying, read that back to me.
@Doug Woodall
Let me load up the tape.
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i know two senators i’m NOT voting for next time around. I even emailed their sorry asses…of course not even the automated POS replies.
@CG
HA! At least you get to vote for yours. Up here ours are appointed. Bad news.