Congress caves on telecom immunity, but Senator Dodd to block bill

[ChrisChiasson]

I thought this was outstanding on the part of Senator Dodd:

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post...lock-bill.html

http://chrisdodd.com/blog/going-mat-...#comment-38544



Also, it is a sad state of affairs when such an act is considered outstanding.

[Ghetto_Squirrel]

Originally Posted by ChrisChiasson

Also, it is a sad state of affairs when such an act is considered outstanding.

Worse yet, he probably wouldn't have done it were he not trying to score points for his floundering Presidential campaign.

[ChrisChiasson]

He is also leaving the senate in 2010, so he doesn't have to worry about relection.

[Ghetto_Squirrel]

Update on above post:

From Time.com blog http://time-blog.com/swampland/2007/...ts_show_t.html

Senator Dodd's campaign communications director Hari Sevugan tells me that $150,000 in small contributions have poured into Dodd's campaign in the past 24 hours, since his announcement that he will put a hold on--and may even filibuster--a foreign intelligence surveillance bill approved yesterday by the Senate Intelligence Committee. Dodd objects to a provision that would grant immunity to the telecommunications companies that turned over their customers' phone and e-mail records to the government's warrantless surveillance program. The companies have been hit with 40 pending lawsuits charging them with privacy violation.

Dodd has raised more small-dollar contributions in the last 24 hours than he did in the previous month. Sevugan also says the number of visits to his website is up tenfold, as is the number of people registering their e-mail addresses there.