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Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) voted for cloture on the FISA bill yesterday. Now the bill cannot be filibustered and will likely ... first time was last August when she voted for the first FISA bill (the one that expired in February). So much for standing up for what ...

Blog entry - The Big E - 06/26/2008 - 7:46am - 11 comments - 0 attachments

The capitulation is officially imminent on FISA and the Democrats are doing their capitulation fancy dancing . Wait ...

Blog entry - The Big E - 07/06/2008 - 11:51am - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Russ Feingold: "The proposed FISA deal is not a compromise; it is a capitulation. The House and Senate ... abuse of this power. Instead of cutting bad deals on both FISA and funding for the war in Iraq, Democrats should be standing up to the ... breaking the law with warrantless eavesdropping. The FISA court handles warrants for evesdropping even after the fact warrants, ...

Blog entry - Grace Kelly - 06/19/2008 - 3:03pm - 3 comments - 0 attachments

... down (just a little, not much) about the passage of the FISA bill. I figured I'd wait until the initial rush of anger was gone before ... I'm going to write a series on what each aspect of the FISA bill is and its significance. Sweeping Wiretapping Powers The NY ...

Blog entry - The Big E - 07/11/2008 - 6:37pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

... In this environment the Bush Administration demanded that FISA be gutted in August of 2007. Their strategy was twofold: spread lies ... bloggers ) In December and January when FISA came up again, they both voted to protect American's right to privacy and ...

Blog entry - The Big E - 07/16/2008 - 9:56pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments

... lose courage and cave? Come back Monday and see on FISA. [ Update II from The Big E ]: Just wanted to put it on the top ... more analysis later this weekend. Listening to the FISA Senate Discussion , is enough to scare anyone who cares about freedom. If ...

Blog entry - Grace Kelly - 01/26/2008 - 6:03pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

When the Bush Administration began their warrantless wiretapping in February of 2001, they approached the telecoms. They asked them to supply the NSA with all their communications. This was prior to 9/11 so they didn't ask for their help to prevent te ...

Blog entry - The Big E - 07/14/2008 - 10:17pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

The Senate will soon be considering a FISA bill, S. 2248, which will grant the telecom industry immunity from ... a motion to remove the telecom immunity from the FISA bill. I hope Amy goes along with that, too. It also eliminates It ...

Blog entry - The Big E - 11/14/2007 - 11:32pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments

... to find them -- all sorts of claims about why this FISA "compromise" isn't really so bad after all. People who spent the week ...

Blog entry - The Big E - 06/21/2008 - 1:45pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

... Democrats went on break rather than rubber stamp the FISA bill. Keith Olbermann is once again perfectly on the money calling George ... stubbornness, you have tabled telecom immunity, and the FISA act. You. By your own terms and your definitions — you have just ...

Blog entry - The Big E - 02/15/2008 - 6:15pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments