It's over. Today, the U.S. Senate passed the FISA bill by a final vote of 69-28, thereby giving a wink to Bush's illegal warrantless eavesdropping, and granting retroactive immunity to the telecoms that broke the law.
Three different amendments, which would have either stripped immunity from the bill or limited the immunity, were all defeated.
Proponents of the bill call it a "compromise", but really it's just a capitulation.
In essence, the Democratic Congress has voted to pardon a felony committed by the Bush administration and the telecoms.
Shame on them all.
Now be careful what you say on the phone and in your e-mail and text messages. Some suspicious bipartisan-enabled goons just might be listening and watching.
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