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Rockefeller on House Bill: "Considerable Work Remains"
A statement from Senate intelligence committee Chair Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) on the House's bill:
“I have worked hard in recent weeks to reconcile the differences between the Senate and House FISA bills and produce legislation that strengthens intelligence collection against foreign terrorist targets and addresses liability protection for telecommunications companies. Regrettably, the Administration and Republicans chose to boycott these discussions and refused to play a constructive role in producing such a bill that could have strong bipartisan support in both the Senate and the House.
“Today’s House proposal reflects progress in bringing the two bills together, and it is a step in the right direction. But, considerable work remains.
“I continue to believe that the Senate FISA bill can be made even better through a limited number of changes, such as a shorter sunset, strengthened exclusivity, and improved accountability – modifications that in no way inhibit the collection authorities needed by the Intelligence Community.
"As soon as the House sends us this new bill, we will once again roll up our sleeves and get back to work on a final compromise that the House, Senate and White House can support."
Rockefeller's support, of course, would be essential for any compromise bill to carry the Senate. But he's supported retroactive immunity for the telecoms and it appears from his statement that he's got a number of problems with the House bill.





Comments (3)
Senator Rockefeller was bribed. I am trying to start a campaign to get him indicted.
The man took $40,000 to interfere in a court case?
How is this any different really than the Keating 5?
Without Senator Rockefeller's direct intervention immunity wouldn't even be up for discussion.
Senator Rockefeller was bribed and needs to be indicted.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/3/9/12734/64276/207/472716
March 11, 2008 6:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
spoke like a real billionare...who is more interested in protecting the deep pockets of corporate fascist state techno neocon chenites
than the average american civil rights
he was PAID OFF TO VOTE FOR IMMUNITY FOR THESE TELECOM GIANTS
AND THEN HE COMES RIPING OUT OF NOWHERE>>>FOR OBAMA????
WHAT THE HELL>>>HIS OWN STATE IS POLLING 3 to 1 against OBAMA
so who's interest is he really interested in protecting
american's true civil rights or...
the legal liablity of some very very bad corporate fascist actors who jumped in bed with the closest thing to a social democratic party experient since George bush's grandfather help bankroll the nazi party's rise to power sixty years ago...
GO LIBERAL ROCKERFELLER
what to go ...in protecting your rich elitists!!!
go obama too
and did i hear you say...in your sleep
"oh my God, Ohio....84 counties ...lost to
a white woman....from ...Illinois..oh my God..."
March 11, 2008 8:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
HHey, I'm all in favor if Rocky wants to shorten the susnset length and strengthen exclusivity language. Let's remember, though, that current FISA has exclusivity language that Bush ignored.
And, we can have these stiffenings of the house bill without telco immunity, Rocky.
March 13, 2008 2:17 PM | Reply | Permalink