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GG writes, "If Democrats do what the Times article suggests they are prepared to do, i.e. grant retroactive immunity to telecoms, that would compel dismissal of those lawsuits, which in turn would destroy what is perhaps the last chance for ever obtaining a judicial determination as to whether the President broke the law. What possible rationale would lead them even to consider such a thing?"
That's an easy one. The companies in question are politically powerful entities that make campaign contributions and can make even bigger ones if they want to. They can create real problems for their political enemies and give big help to their friends. Remember Who Runs Congress -- it ain't us, it's the lobbyists on K Street. And believe me, AT&T is gonna get whatever it wants.
