Why Do You Need Immunity, If You Haven't Broken the Law? (Cenk Uygur)

[kpete]

Cenk Uygur
Why Do You Need Immunity, If You Haven't Broken the Law?
Posted October 13, 2007

The Bush administration is desperately trying to get immunity for the telecom companies inserted into the next wiretapping bill. But let me ask a simple question - why would the telecom companies need immunity if they didn't break the law?

I'm not trying to be clever here. I'm asking a literal question. Isn't this an obvious admission that the administration did ask the large telecommunication companies to break the law for them? And if they did, why on God's green earth should we give them immunity without investigating what they did? In fact, shouldn't somebody be looking into doing the opposite - enforcing the law?
............how about we don't give immunity for breaking the law? How about we prosecute it instead?

There were top level people inside the Justice Department and the CIA who quit over how illegal the warrantless wiretapping, the torture memos and the detainee detention programs were and are. They are all described as hardliners or conservative stalwarts. How about we ask these people why they think these programs are so illegal? How about we listen to them and change the programs back so that they are legal again instead of encouraging further law breaking? I know, very radical.

more at:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cenk-uygur/why-do-you-need-immunity_b_68343.html

[Blackhatjack]

1. And therein lies the rub, They need immunity because it was ILLEGAL....n/t

[Richard Steele]

2. They broke the law. We know they did; it's not in doubt. nm

[Uncle Joe]

3. Kicked and recommended for a damn good question!

Thanks for the thread kpete.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

4. It's perfect symmetry.

After all, they were asking US the same thing- if we weren't doing anything illegal why should we care if they listen in on our calls?

They're cowards, one and all.

[Disturbed]

5. Busholini's Attorney has told him that violating the FISA Law

is a Felony. Since Busholini violated the FISA Law at least 30 times that amounts to 60 years in Prison.
If the Corps. that violated the FISA Law upon Busholini's request are sued they will bring forth documents that prove that Busholini directly requested the Illegal Spying.

[2008]

6. k&r (nt)

[HCE SuiGeneris]

7. Questions like this

tend to be very irksome to this guy:


Beware the wrath of the dark side.

[WillyT]

8. I Swear... Cenk Is Quickly Becoming A Hero Of Mine !!!

Kpete, did you see his video on the MoveOn\WaPo story? It is FANTASTIC!!!

Link: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x56494

Now THAT is the kind of well stated righteous indignation that I truly appreciate!

:hi: