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On Wednesday, NewsBusters reported the continued angst the Netroots are feeling about presumptive Democrat presidential nominee Barack Obama's recent flip-flops while pointing out how few media outlets seem interested. Surprisingly, the New York Times Wednesday not only addressed Markos Moulitsas's decision to withhold a campaign contribution to the junior senator from Illinois, but also reported the growing concern of many Obama supporters.The piece, entitled "Obama Voters Protest His Switch on Telecom Immunity," was written by none other than James Risen, who readers shou...

Companies had been thrown out by the telecom immunity. in 2008 in the legislation to update fisa that president obama voted for when he was in the senate. but this one was targeted against the nsa, against the government, rather than the telecommunications companies. by declaring this illegal, it raises questions about whether individual government officials in the future could be held liable for having acted in a criminal way. >> is there any reason to suppose ultimately this case will turn out any differently than the last time there was an attempt made to sue the nsa by the aclu? >> well th...

To evade fisa, it raises serious questions about the whole underpinnings for the bush war on terror. you could argue that virtually all the programs that the bush administration used, rendition, torture, wiretapping, you know, setting up secret prisons, all were in one form or another, an invasion of congressional power. if by saying the bush administration had no right to avoid congressional mandates and congressional legislation, that raises real questions about whether everything that the bush administration did on counterterrorism was illegal. >> practically? >> this was the last major law...