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Wednesday, June 25, 2008 12:00 AM

Chris Dodd's speech and a glimmer of hope for stopping the FISA bill

The Connecticut senator's passionate speech in defense of the rule of law and surveillance safeguards signals some slowly growing opposition to the FISA bill.

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  • Wednesday, June 25, 2008 06:29 AM

    Awklib

    Thanks very much, Awklib! That helped a lot. I called both my Senators in their local offices. I also made sure that they knew that I was a constituent.

    And then I emailed Chris Dodd to thank him for his outstanding work. He's not my Senator any more (although he was for many years), but I plan to donate to his next re-election campaign. He deserves it.

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