Dem Senator Dodd vows to block attempt to let AT&T off the hook for spying on us

The Electronic Frontier Foundation's Danny O'Brien sez,

News broke last night that Democrat senators were going to cave to the White House's demand for ful retroactive immunity to US phone companies who broke the law and allowed the authorities to conduct warrantless wiretapping on their customers.

Now presidential candidate Chris Dodd has declared he will put a senatorial "hold" on any bill that includes immunity.

That freezes consideration of the bill in the senate. Dodd is expected to come under heavy pressure to back down, and the battle to ram telco amnesty in the House of Representatives will get even more forceful. Call your reps now and tell them to take a stand with Dodd.

Link (Thanks, Danny!)

See also: EFF to Dems: don't let AT&T off the hook for illegal spying!

[#1 posted by Kevitivity , October 18, 2007 4:54 PM]

Wow, I totally called this, but it was sort of an easy one.

Dodd is just pandering.

[#2 posted by BlackAndy , October 19, 2007 1:05 AM]

It's not completely accurate here, but:

Is not the enemy of my enemy...my friend?

Who cares why he's doing it, as long as he makes good on his promise and doesn't back down? Although now, I have to admit, I'm going to look a lot more favorably on his campaign.

[#3 posted by Chris S , October 19, 2007 2:10 PM]

"The enemy of my enemy is my enemy's enemy. No more. No less."

--- rule #29 from The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Pirates