Commander Guy wants to rescue the telcos...

...from all sorts of pesky lawsuits arising from alleged violations of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (for selling their customers out to the Polizei, that would be) which is pretty entertaining right there - but this, Bunky, this is awesome...

The proposal states that “no action shall lie . . . in any court, and no penalty . . . shall be imposed . . . against any person” for giving the government information, including customer records, in connection with alleged intelligence activity the attorney general certifies....

Whoa. Right there. Did you see that? The attorney general freaking certifies?“ Doesn't that make your little heart just thrum with joy?

Maybe there was once a day when the attorney general was the very model of a modern guy-you-can-trust but honey, I want to tell you something: It ain't now.

Link: Bush Wants Phone Firms Immune to Privacy Suits - washingtonpost.com