Think Progress » House passes surveillance bill with telecomm immunity.

At the bottom of this post you can check to see if your representative voted to allow illegal searches and seizures. This bill says that Bush can spy on you without a warrant which is against the 4th amendment to the Constitution. (in other words this bill will not pass the Supreme court but it will buy Bush some more time.) How many more rights will we allow him to take from us? Torture? Cruel and unusual punishment? Indefinite confinement without legal recourse? War without reason? Lies to the American public? What are we going to allow this monster to continue to get away with?

House passes surveillance bill with telecomm immunity.»Today in a 293-129 vote, the House passed a “compromise” wiretapping bill that shields telecomms civil lawsuits for their participation in the Bush administration’s warrantless wiretapping program. FDL liveblogged today’s hearing and as ThinkProgress reported yesterday, there was little in today’s bill that constituted a compromise. The ACLU has also put out a statement calling the vote “infuriating.”UpdateRoll call vote here.

Think Progress » House passes surveillance bill with telecomm immunity.