The US Senate voted today to approve the FISA bill, including immunity for the telecomm companies who acted at the government’s request with the understanding they were receiving and acting on legal requests. The bill was approved after Republicans agreed to allow Democrats more judicial and congressional oversight. And the bill passed 69-28.
Bush is, of [...]
By Art Smith. Posted Saturday, Mar 15, 2008 at 11:38 pm Filed Under: Courts, Eliot Spitzer, Privacy, War on Terror, Wire-tapping
There is little need to retrace the Eliot Spitzer story except to say: he got caught with a prostitute and apparently was using a form of structuring (attempting to get around federal bank reporting rules) in an attempt to hide the source and/or use of funds. Although a lot of hay is being made about [...]
By Art Smith. Posted Saturday, Mar 1, 2008 at 10:45 pm Filed Under: Terrorism, US Congress, US Politics, Wire-tapping
Eager to put appropriate cover on their actions so that they don’t jeopardize their reelections, House Democrats are proposing breaking up the Wire-tapping Bill into two pieces: one to provide the authorization to execute the program, and the other to provide protections for communications companies against lawsuits.
From what I’m hearing, it sounds like both bills [...]
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