Updated: Obama & Clinton Come Down Against Telecom Immunity

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October 24, 2007

Updated: Obama & Clinton Come Down Against Telecom Immunity

Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have both issued statements regarding telecom immunity. Talking Points Memo has bits on each:

MoveOn and a dozen top liberal bloggers were preparing to wage an aggressive campaign today to pressure Obama and Hillary to say that they’ll support Chris Dodd’s vow to filibuster any Senate FISA bill containing telecom immunity. And late yesterday both Obama and Hillary put out statements saying that they’d back Dodd’s threatened filibuster of the current legislation that’s just come out of the Senate intel committee.

Obama Camp Says It: He’ll Support Filibuster Of Any Bill Containing Telecom Immunity:

”To be clear: Barack will support a filibuster of any bill that includes retroactive immunity for telecommunications companies.

Hillary Says She Would Support Filibuster Of Intel Committee’s Telecom Immunity Bill:

Q: Can you discuss your position on the reauthorization of the FISA bill?

HRC: I am troubled by the concerns that have been raised by the recent legislation reported out of the Intelligence Committee. I haven’t seen it so I can’t express an opinion about it. But I don’t trust the Bush Administration with our civil rights and liberties. So I’m going to study it very hard. As matters stand now, I could not support it and I would support a filibuster absent additional information coming forward that would convince me differently.

Update: So has Bill Richardson. Glenn Greenwald is, as usual, excellent.

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Tags: congress, fisa, nsa, privacy, wiretaps, telecoms