Bush Issues Another Warning About Telecom Immunity

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When is this dog and pony show going to end? Anyone who knows anything about this subject knows Bush is just making excuses to try to cover his butt. He wants retroactive immunity for telecom companies (who he says have done nothing illegal), because he doesn't want them to roll over on him. But, he keeps troweling on the excuses, says Congress is endangering the country by not passing the bill--as he wants it. But, he will veto the bill if it doesn't include the immunity.

If he feels this strongly about the immunity--so much so that he's willing to "endanger" the country--he must have some serious crap to cover up. C'mon, Congress. Hold your ground!

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Bush says House aiding 'trial lawyers' by not granting telco immunity

UPDATE: Feingold fires back at Bush's 'transparent fear mongering'

Growing increasingly frustrated at House Democrats' refusal to give him the authority he's demanded on terrorist-surveillance legislation, President Bush has resorted to using increasingly partisan and misleading rhetoric, immunity opponents charge. [snip]

"The President's fear-mongering and efforts to mislead the American people have become increasingly transparent," Feingold said in a prepared statement. "The House should continue to stand up to these tactics and decline to grant immunity to companies that allegedly cooperated in the president�s illegal warrantless wiretapping program. It is unacceptable that this administration seems to be more interested in avoiding all accountability for the program than it is in working with Congress to pass a bill that both allows us to aggressively go after suspected terrorists and protects the privacy of innocent Americans."

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