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FISA Update: Telecom Immunity in the Senate |
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As I mentioned yesterday, one of the key challenges to passing some decent FISA legislation this time around is to make sure telecom companies don’t receive amnesty for the laws they broke bending over backwards to accommodate Bush’s illegal wiretapping program.
The House version of the bill that passed the Judiciary Committee yesterday did not give the telecoms amnesty. Today, the ACLU says that the Senate version of the bill does include amnesty.
Time for a little pushback. Here are the names and numbers of Senators on the Intelligence Committee drafting the bill. Give them a call and tell them, “No telecom amnesty!” (Those in bold need a bit of an extra push.)
Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), Chairman — (202) 224-6472
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) — (202) 224-3841
Sen. John Warner (R-VA) — (202) 224-2023
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) — (202) 224-5244
Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) — (202) 224-4224
Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN) — (202) 224-5623
Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) — (202) 224-5344
Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) — (202) 224-5274
Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) — (202) 224-4654
Sen. Kitt Bond (R-MO), Vice-Chairman — (202) 224-5721
Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) — (202) 224-3521
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) — (202) 224-5251
Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) — (202) 224-5323
Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) — (202) 224-3154
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) — (202) 224-2921
When you’re done, report back and let us know the response you got.
Called Dianne Feinstein, left a message with the nice receptionist. Call if you can people! It takes 5 minutes and might make a difference.
Senatorial secretaries like to have bill numbers. This bill is H.R.3773 and I don’t think it has a Senate number yet. You should add this information whenever you organize a telephone lobby.
thanks for the update! i’ve also called feinstein. i really hope it makes a difference.
Tried Bill Nelson but his mailbox is full…