Letters to the Editor
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EVERYONE SHOULD SEND AN E-MAIL TO THE CAMPAIGNS
I will not take GG's reporting on this issue sitting down. I have written the e-mail which is at the bottom of this post, and have sent it to each of the major Democratic candidates, and the people listed at the bottom of the message. Feel free to copy it and send it to your favorite candidate, and your representatives. Of course, you should edit it to put your own name on it, and your own representatives. The issue of Retroactive Telecom Immunity is THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE that Congress will deal with this year, even more important than the Iraq War or dealing with the recession. Retroactive Immunity is Bush's way of putting the permanent cabash on investigating Bush and Cheney for their blatant law-breaking!!! Here's the e-mail:
January 17, 2008
VIA E-MAIL ONLY
Senator Hillary Clinton
Washington, DC
Senator Barack Obama
Washington, DC
Former Senator John Edwards
North Carolina
Re: NO RETROACTIVE TELECOM IMMUNITY!!!
Dear Senators Clinton, Obama, and former Senator Edwards:
I am writing you as an undecided California voter, who will be voting for a Democratic Presidential Candidate in the California primary on February 5th. I will make my final decision based, at least in part, on how you respond to the vitally important issue that is now before the U.S. Senate: retroactive telecom immunity.
The issue of retroactive immunity for the telecoms is THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE that will be dealt with by Congress this year, more important that the Iraq War, more important than economic relief for the recession that I believe we are now in, and more important than a host of other important issues.
The reason it is important is very simple: George Bush and Dick Cheney have operated above the law, with impunity, for the last seven years. If we are to restore faith in our government, and faith in the rule of law, there cannot be retroactive immunity for the telecom industry!
Retroactive immunity has absolutely NOTHING to do with the intelligence-gathering that the FISA amendments will enable the government to do. I am certain that the FISA amendments provide immunity going forward for any telecom company that cooperates with the government in a lawful manner. The only purpose for retroactive immunity is to cut off liability for the illegal snooping that was done at the direction of George Bush and Dick Cheney.
I expect each of you to make a strong committment to the rule of law, and demand that Senator Reid bring the Judiciary Committee bill to the Floor, and table the Intelligence Committee bill. After all, former Presidential Candidate, Senator Chris Dodd, put a hold on that bill, which Reid conveniently ignored in December. All Reid has to do is to honor Dodd’s hold. Let the Republicans try and amend the Judiciary bill to add Retroactive Immunity. Dodd can then filibuster the Amendment, and not have to filibuster the entire bill.
I will be judging each of you by your committment to the rule of law, and not your committment to the telecom industry!
Thank you for your time.
Very truly yours,
"farbie"
cc: Senators Reid, Rockefeller, Feinstein and Boxer
Representatives Pelosi and Eshoo