It was a good and bad day yesterday for privacy advocates and anyone concerned with the Constitution. In fact, it was a rollercoaster ride. The Wired magazine blog -- Threat Level -- ran two headlines in the space of sixty minutes. Both dealt with a bill giving immunity to telcoms for illegally wiretapping citizens without warrants and both dealt with dem presidential hopeful Chris Dodd's attempt to filibuster the bill. First, we were told, "Dodd's Anti-Spying Immunity Filibuster Fizzles, But He Fights On," an hour later we got, "Dodd Filibuster Threat Wins; Spying Bill Postponed to Next Year."
"Fighting on," apparently, won the day.
The real story here isn't Chris Dodd -- although he deserves all the attention he's getting. The real story is which side Democratic leadership took in this fight. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was for telcom immunity and Dodd's fillibuster threat won out despite Reid's best efforts to ram a stupid and corrupt and pro-crime piece of legislation down our throats. This is sadly typical. People who tend to vote Democratic are very poorly represented by the party's leadership.
Allow me a moment of your time to holler at Harry Reid...
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Tuesday, December 18, 2007
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