The FISA renewal legislation was kicked down the road a bit yesterday. Many Dailykos folks, including myself, did what we could with phone calls and faxes to achieve this outcome. I participated in the movement because I strongly disagree that TELCOMs should skate after not considering the legal rammifications of handing over names, numbers and tapes of American's phone calls to the NSA without a warrant.
But there is other stuff about the renewal bill that is equally troublesome. On KPFA in SF this morning I heard a panel discussing how, and to what extent, AT&T is handing over ALL (repeat ALL) phone records of ALL (repeat ALL [not just suspected terrorists]) Americans. This was news to me and now I'm even more anxious about this legislation. There was a term they used for this kind of survailence that escaped me..."dragnet" or "bucket"?
Who else has other info about how this bill is 'bad' besides the immunity issue? I'm not confident enough to read the bill myself and figure out the nuances of the language.
- Riff