Tag archive for ‘telecoms’
Reverse That Reversal!
more than 7,000 Obama supporters have organized on a social networking site on Mr. Obama’s own campaign Web site. They are calling on Mr. Obama to reverse his decision to endorse legislation supported by President Bush to expand the government’s domestic spying powers while also providing legal protection to the telecommunication companies…
Why is there a pro-spying consensus in Congress?
Jane Hamsher of Firedoglake and former Rep. Bob Barr, Libertarian presidential candidate, discuss why the FISA bill is succeeding.
A Brief Reprieve on FISA: What Now?
From the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Tim Jones:
Thursday evening, Senator Reid officially delayed a final vote on the FISA Amendments Act until July 8. That gave us just twelve days — now, eleven — to change the political calculus and avoid a Congressional seal of approval on illegal wiretapping.
With the clock counting down, here are three [...]
Serenity Lost: Obama And The Netroots
Only weeks into the general election campaign and already a notable tension is beginning to materialize within the Democratic Party. At question is Sen. Barack Obama’s relationship with the progressive netroots, the online community that helped aid the Senator’s rise to the presidential nomination, but has since seemingly played second fiddle in terms of courted constituencies.
Obama caves on telecom amnesty
Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign released a statement Friday afternoon saying that while Obama opposes amnesty for telecom firms that spied on Americans, he will support the House compromise legislation.
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