Senator wants to expand spying authority

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Senator wants to expand spying authority
By PAMELA HESS, Associated Press Writer
9 minutes ago



WASHINGTON - Congressional Democrats are looking for ways to curtail some of the electronic surveillence authority Congress hastily approved last month just as a key Republican senator is trying to expand those powers.

Sen. Kit Bond, R-Mo., said Monday he wants Congress to grant immunity to telecommunications companies that cooperated with the government's warrantless wiretapping program prior to January 2007.

"I strongly believe that retroactive immunity is critical to adopt in order to ensure the government can get assistance from (telecommunications) carriers," Bond, the top Republican on the Senate intelligence committee, told an audience of attorneys, intelligence officials and civil liberties groups.
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Bond said he also wants to expand the law to allow monitoring of all types of foreign communications, and shorten the application process for warrants to eavesdrop on suspect American telephone conversations and e-mails by requiring less detail and expanding the list of federal officials who can approve warrant applications.




Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070910/ap_on_go_co/terrorist_surveillance_1;_ylt=A9G_RzxcvOVGpm8BfgfLzKwv

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Kit Bond.

[Whoa_Nelly]

1. So! Mr. Bond, sir! Which telecommunications companies are you in bed with?

Hmmm...Will do a look up on this later.

Have to go babysit my sweetest 2 y.o. grandson

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

4. Bond(R-Mo)

Sprint-Nextel, most likely. Their HQ is in Lee's Summit.

[Inkyfuzzbottom]

6. Ding Ding Ding

And we have a winner

[mikewils]

7. Not saying there definitely isn't a connection to SN but...

Sprint's HQ is in Overland Park, KS. So the connection just based on Missouri doesn't fly.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

8. Well...

I do know they have a big presence in Lee's Summit and I was told it was the HQ by an acquaintance who works for (now)Embarq, (then)Sprint. So I could have misunderstood him.

[mikewils]

11. Defer to your friend on a presence

SN may have a satellite building and offices there, I can't say for sure without checking.

[Judi Lynn]

12. Just across State Line. It's the same area. Bond is around here a lot, far too often.

Besides that, Sprint is on his "top contributors" list.

Don't get the idea DU'ers are just blowing hot air around here. They know what they're talking about.

CHRISTOPHER S. 'KIT' BOND (R-MO)
Top Contributors
1 Anheuser-Busch $79,250
2 Boeing Co $63,250
3 Bond Senate Victory Cmte $49,675
4 Bryan Cave LLP $44,750
5 Monsanto Co $44,400
6 Enterprise Rent-A-Car $43,000
7 Peabody Energy $42,500
8 Sprint Nextel $41,950
9 Omnicom Group $36,050
10 Armstrong Teasdale LLP $35,550
11 Jones Financial Companies $35,500
12 Ameren Corp $30,750
13 Hallmark Cards $29,350
14 Express Scripts $27,099
15 Schnucks Markets $26,000
16 Emerson $25,000
17 Engineered Support Systems Inc $24,500
18 Russell Stover Candies $24,000
19 Brown Shoe Co $23,000
20 Bank of America $20,450

http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.asp?CID=N00005178&cycle=2006

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

14. $41,950

Yup. That's who he's playing for.

[mikewils]

15. I don't think that

DUers are blowing hot air. Nothing from my posts indicates that. And I've been reading DU for a long time so I know that people on here by and large know what they are talking about.

[dickbearton]

17. So Kit took a bribe.

That's what's wrong with this country, legalizing crimes and
criminalizing what should be lawful. Donations aka bribes,
legalized war profiteering, usury... the list can go on; but
you get the idea.

[Inkyfuzzbottom]

20. Oh, it flies all right...

Plenty of Sprint people live on the Missouri side.

[hang a left]

16. What no AT&T or Verizon???

Me thinks he is doing Darth's bidding.

[whistle]

2. Kit Bond looks like a heart attack prospect

[partylessinOhio]

3. Hmmmmmm. How does he go to the bathroom?

[librechik]

5. my guess--extra wide stance n/t

[pattmarty]

9. Hillbilly Motherfucker.........

[IsItJustMe]

10. Car salesman if I ever seen one, and that is a slam on car salesmen. Sorry.

[Trillo]

13. I guess he's in the "It's Okay to break the Constitution"

school of Republicans.

[ladywnch]

18. Kit was a slimey a-hole 30 years ago as gov. when I attended

college in MO. I'm sure he has grown in the roll over the years.

[LiberalFighter]

19. Could someone please stuff something personal of his down his throat?