Olbermann: Bush push for telco immunity 'textbook example of fascism'

[kpete]

Olbermann: Bush push for telco immunity 'textbook example of fascism'
David Edwards and Nick Juliano
Published: Friday February 1, 2008


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Olbermann accused Bush's threat to veto any bill without immunity of aiding the terrorists, when coupled with his threat that failing to act on a permanent FISA expansion would weaken US national security. And he excoriated the president for refusing to even acknowledge corporate assistance, always couching his calls for immunity by describing companies "believed" or "alleged" to have assisted his still-classified program.

"If you, sir, are asking Congress and us to join you in this shameless, breathless, literal textbook example of fascism, the merged efforts of government and corporations who answer to no government, you still don't have the guts to say the telecom companies did assist you in your efforts?" Olbermann asked. "Will you and the equivocators who surround you like a cocoon never go on the record about anything? Even the stuff you claim to believe in?"

Ironically, Olbermann notes, that Vice President Dick Cheney did go on the record about telecom involvement, when he spoke to conservative talker Rush Limbaugh Wednesday.

"The Vice President probably shouldn’t have phoned in to the Rush Limbaugh Propaganda-Festival yesterday. Sixth sentence out of Mr. Cheney’s mouth: The FISA bill is about, quote, 'retroactive liability protection for the companies that have worked with us and helped us prevent further attacks against the United States,'" Olbermann said. "Oops. Mr. Cheney is something of a loose cannon, of course. But he kind of let the wrong cat out of the bag there."

more at:
http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Olbermann_rails_against_Bush_fascist_telecom_0201.html

[L. Coyote]

1. Bush Breaks His Pledge on Surveillance

http://harpers.org/archive/2007/05/horton-20070503isbn

Bush Breaks His Pledge on Surveillance
Scott Horton - May 3, 2007 - http://harpers.org/archive/2007/05/horton-20070503isbn


Today the New York Times reports that the Administration has reneged on its agreement to halt surveillance operations which are criminal conduct under the FISA statute. The news came in testimony by NSA director McConnell before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday:

(T)hey argued that the president had the constitutional authority to decide for himself whether to conduct surveillance without warrants. ...

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