Arizona's Harry Mitchell + Gabrielle Giffords on FISA Bill Watch List

[Joshua Zeidner]

Keith,

  this is the second time this bill appeared before Congress.
Apparently, 'homeland security' trumps the Bill of Rights.  Although
the issue is quite complex, and in my estimation absolutely reeking of
corruption of all kinds, the question that Arizonans should be asking
is what business do Giffords and Mitchell have supporting these bills?

  Giffords has crossed tech workers once before:
http://www.joshuazeidner.com/2008/03/azs-own-gabrielle-giffords-votes-to.html

  Keep in mind that its not only the issue of future violation of our
constitutional rights, but of immunizing the telcos against past
violations.

-jmz



On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 1:35 PM, keith smith <klsmith2020 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> These searches will not pass the test of the Bill of Rights.  They will go
> the same way the DC gun law went.
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> --- On Fri, 6/27/08, Joshua Zeidner <jjzeidner at gmail.com> wrote:
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> From: Joshua Zeidner <jjzeidner at gmail.com>
> Subject: Arizona's Harry Mitchell + Gabrielle Giffords on FISA Bill Watch
> List
> To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
> Date: Friday, June 27, 2008, 1:00 PM
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> BERKELEY, CA—Last week, on June 20, the House of Representatives
> approved a
>  compromise bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence
> Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA). The bill sets new electronic
> surveillance rules that effectively shield telecommunications
> companies from lawsuits resulting from the government's warrantless
> eavesdropping on phone calls and viewing of emails of private citizens
> in the U.S. Approximately 40 lawsuits have been filed with potential
> damages totaling in the billions of dollars.
>
> On March 14 of this year the House passed an amendment that rejected
> retroactive immunity for phone carriers who helped the National
> Security Agency carry out the illegal wiretapping program without
> proper warrants. Ninety-four House Democrats voted in favor of this
> measure--rejecting immunity--on March 14, then 'changed' to vote in
> favor of the June 20 House bill--approving immunity.
>
> "Why did these ninety-four House members have a change of heart?"
> asked Daniel Newman, executive
>  director of MAPLight.org, "Their
> constituents deserve answers."
>
>  http://www.maplight.org/FISA_June08
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