Senator Kennedy On FISA Veto Threat
By newsdesk - Posted on February 6th, 2008
February 5, 2008 -- WASHINGTON, DC— Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy released the following statement in response to the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence threatening a veto of the FISA bill.
“This most recent veto threat by the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence reveals the shamelessness of the Administration’s approach to FISA reform.
The President has repeatedly said that Americans lives will be sacrificed if Congress does not make major changes to FISA.
But he has once again vowed to veto any FISA bill that does not grant retroactive immunity. So if we take him at his word, the President is willing to let Americans die to protect the phone companies.
That is a position that should outrage every American.
The President’s insistence on immunity as a precondition for any FISA reform is yet another example of his contempt for honest dialogue and for the rule of law.”
Source: Senator Ted Kennedy
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