Stop Telecom Immunity

For months now we've been fighting against a bill that would grant retroactive immunity to phone companies which helped George Bush spy on Americans. Despite the grassroots pressure, last week leading Democrats cut a deal with the Republicans that lets phone companies off the hook.1

How bad is this deal? In the words of Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold, "The proposed FISA deal is not a compromise; it is a capitulation."2

Now that the House has passed the FISA compromise, a Senate filibuster by a progressive champion may be the last chance to stop immunity.

Tell Senators Dodd, Feingold and Obama to stop the FISA compromise: http://www.truemajority.org/StopFISA

It's hard to overstate how much is at stake in this battle. Passing retroactive immunity would put an end once and for all to lawsuits which have the potential to expose the full extent of Bush's illegal wiretapping program. This is literally one of the last avenues we have to hold the Bush administration accountable before they leave office. On this question, there can be no doubt, immunity for phone companies is the same as immunity for George Bush and Dick Cheney.

Thanks for taking action,
-Ilya
Ilya Sheyman
Online Organizer

1 http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/06/19/telecom/index.html

2 http://feingold.senate.gov/~feingold/statements/08/06/20080619f.htm

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