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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 05:49 PM Original message |
Why would Bush be so concerned about Telecom immunity? |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. Randi asked John Dean that today |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
2. Why? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 05:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Exactly. Telco Immunity is BushCo immunity. n/t |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 06:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Makes sense to me. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 09:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. I just read in another thread that 94 Democrats who switched their vote |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 10:25 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. $8k??? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 10:41 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Here's the thread: |
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choie (899 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 09:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. Bingo |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
3. There are telecommunications companies under the KBR, Bechtel, etc. umbrellas |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 06:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. KBR and Bechtel have an interest in this? |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 06:28 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. "Do the KBR and Bechtel subs actually do the wiretaps?" |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
5. Because if the telecoms get sued |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 06:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Well, that sure kills the "gotta listen to the terraists" line, doesn't it? |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 06:04 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Oh, hell, yes. |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 10:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. disclosure -- like pulling back the curtain and exposing Oz |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
6. Sen. Feingold says that he is concerned about why they are |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
7. Hide his criminal acts |
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SergeyDovlatov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
15. 'cause it is harder to coerce them into spying if they don't have immunity n/t |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 09:38 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. No. The old FISA law provided for that already. n/t |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
17. Presidential pardon power applies to federal criminal offenses, not civil suits and not state. |
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