I am really upset over this bill. It makes me so mad!
Congress is dirty. That's all there is to it. Dirtier than I ever realized.
These telecoms broke the law blatently. Now there is no accountability. Zero. It's just all being swept under the rug. It's just OVER THE TOP dirty and corrupt.
Glenn Greenwald is the main author I follow on politics - here's what his article yesterday had to say about it.
George Bush's latest powers, courtesy of the Democratic Congress - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com Quote:
It's even worse than expected. When you read it, it's actually hard to believe that the Congress is about to make this into our law. Then again, this is the same Congress that abolished habeas corpus with the Military Commissions Act, and legalized George Bush's warrantless eavesdropping program with the "Protect America Act," so it shouldn't be hard to believe at all. Seeing the words in print, though, adds a new dimension to appreciating just how corrupt and repugnant this is.
The provision granting amnesty to lawbreaking telecoms, Title VIII, has the exact Orwellian title it should have: "Protection of Persons Assisting the Government."
So all the Attorney General has to do is recite those magic words -- the President requested this eavesdropping and did it in order to save us from the Terrorists -- and the minute he utters those words, the courts are required to dismiss the lawsuits against the telecoms, no matter how illegal their behavior was. |