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| US House Rejects Telecom Amnesty |
| from the some-no-votes-just-because-it-wasn’t-firm-enough dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday March 14, @18:29 (Communication|
| http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/14/2033212 |
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The US House has just approved a new bill that [0]rejects the retroactive
immunity to telecommunication businesses and denies most of the new
powers for the US President to spy on citizens without a warrant. “As
impressive as the House vote itself was, more impressive still was the
floor debate which preceded it. I can’t recall ever watching a debate on
the floor of either House of Congress that I found even remotely
impressive — until today. One Democrat after the next — of all stripes
– delivered impassioned, defiant speeches in defense of the rule of law,
oversight on presidential eavesdropping, and safeguards on government
spying. They swatted away the GOP’s fear-mongering claims with the
dismissive contempt such tactics deserve, rejecting the principle that
has predominated political debate in this country since 9/11: that the
threat of the Terrorists means we must live under the rule of an
omnipotent President and a dismantled constitutional framework.”

Discuss this story at:
http://politics.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/03/14/2033212

Links:
0. http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/03/14/fisa/index.html

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