That's all this is about. The telecoms don't want the amnesty. The overriding goal is to shut down these lawsuits and, most important, eliminate the discovery phase so that the full extent of Administration lawbreaking is permanently hidden. This is about burying the evidence, as every single action by the White House since the Democratic takeover of Congress has been. Bush may have a soft spot in his heart for his corporate buddies, but he's really not interested in indemnifying them. He's interested in immunity for himself.
[From Hullabaloo]
Well, yeah. That's been evident for a long time now, IMO. And, as dday points out later in the post, it's also about covering up all the Ds who allowed this surveillance program to keep running for a bunch of years, now, with no discernible protest.
Remember, bunky, this very law - the one he now threatens to veto if its extension does not include telco immunity - is the one that last summer was so freakin' important, so absolutely necessary, that Bush threatened to keep (or try to keep) Congress from a scheduled recess if they didn't pass the law before they went home.
Who's gonna drain this swamp?
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