ACLU on FISA 'Compromise'

It's pretty safe to describe the American Civil Liberties Union as not fans of the House's cave in on FISA and immunity for telcoms. If Nancy Pelosi's still the speaker in the next session, something is very, very wrong with the Democratic party. I can't think of any Democrat who's done a worse job with the gavel.

ACLU's Caroline Fredrickson basically calls House members cowards -- it's hard to disagree.

clipped from www.aclu.org More than two years after the president’s domestic spying was revealed in the pages of the New York Times, Congress’ fury and shock has dissipated to an obedient whimper. After scrambling for years to cover their tracks, the phone companies and the administration are almost there. This immunity provision will effectively destroy Americans’ chance to have their deserved day in court and will kill any possibility of learning the extent of the administration’s lawless actions. The House should be ashamed of itself. The fate of the Fourth Amendment is now in the Senate’s hands. We can only hope senators will show more courage than their colleagues in the House