USA: Keith Olbermann gives a special comment on President Bush’s promise to veto any extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that does not grant telecommunications companies immunity: here.
By Bill Van Auken:
Massive NSA operation exposed as Congress prepares vote on domestic spying billUpdate 15 March 2008: here.11 March 2008
As the Democratic-led House of Representatives prepares to vote on legislation that essentially strips the American people of the constitutional protection from warrantless spying, the Wall Street Journal published an article Monday detailing the massive scale and intrusive character of the government’s illegal surveillance operations.
The Senate has already passed—with substantial bipartisan support—domestic spying legislation that rubberstamps the Bush administration’s demand for virtually unfettered wiretapping within the US. At the same time, the Senate bill provides retroactive immunity for telecommunications companies that violated their customers’ privacy rights by collaborating in the government’s illegal surveillance.
