Greenwald on the FISA Capitulation
Read Glenn Greenwald’s fantastic post for a what’s what on the FISA capitulation. An excerpt:
Several other Senators besides Dodd have ratcheted up the opposition to this bill in the last couple of days. In addition to Dodd, Sens. Feingold, Boxer, and Wyden all announced they would oppose cloture on the bill. Not insignificantly, Sen. Reid announced not only that he would co-sponsor the Dodd amendment to strip immunity out of the bill, but would also vote against the bill on final passage:
It is a position that puts the Democratic Senate leader at odds with his own party’s presumptive presidential nominee, Barack Obama, who also has pledged to fight for the removal of immunity but will vote yes on the final package. . . . That the Senate Majority Leader would willingly take a different stance from his party’s presidential nominee is an indication of both the political pressures of the current election as well as the emotional divisiveness of the FISA battle.
And, check out my Senatorial heroes Dodd and Feingold as they deliver amazing speeches against telecom immunity today. Dodd’s speech is here. Feingold’s speech is here.
UPDATE: And now my other Senate hero Barbara Boxer speaks out.