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Friday, November 16, 2007
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Congress approves the Constitution for a change
posted by
Clyde
6:46 AM
Who'd a thunk it? Congress actually passes legislation that protects Americans.
Under bill, companies could face privacy suits
Congress appeared headed toward a confrontation with President Bush on Thursday over House and Senate plans to require that telecommunication firms that aided the administration's warrantless surveillance program be subject to lawsuits from American customers.
The House of Representatives approved Thursday night a Democrat-sponsored foreign surveillance bill that would block retroactive immunity from lawsuits for telecoms that facilitated wiretapping or shared customer information with the federal government from the Sept. 11 attacks until this past January. The bill passed 227-189.
Bush has promised to veto any measure that does not include such immunity. In a statement, the White House said, "House Democrats passed legislation that would dangerously weaken our ability to protect the Nation from foreign threats."
"The House Democrat's bill to reauthorize the Protect America Act (PAA) fails to give our intelligence community the tools it needs, and it fails to protect companies facing massive lawsuits for allegedly stepping up and answering the nation's call for help after the 9/11 terrorist attacks," the statement read.
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Ya gotta give these clowns some credit, they can sit around all day talking about bullshit like the Protect America Act and keep straight faces! How about a "shoot the next bastard that even THINKS about the term 9/11 Act"? Or maybe let them pick up litter in the park, something useful for a change. We could assign legislative seats based on a lottery and probably be better off than we are now. Find an island somewhere for the present bunch, somewhere where they'd be harmless. Would you want them balancing your checkbook? And any of them talking about our "intelligence community"? Now just who the fuck is that?!
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