Press Weighs In on FISA

The Grand Rapids Press came out today in favor of retroactive immunity for the Telcos.

They got some things right, such as the fact that letting the current law expire has had no impact on the Government's ability to tap terrorist's phones. W threw a hissy fit on this and threatened to not go to Africa because he was so worried. Once he saw that the Democrats were calling his bluff, he got over it and got on the plane.

What the press got wrong was their contention that the suits against the Telcos were the result of "a horde of trial lawyers". This is utter, right-wing talk radio baloney. The suits have been filed by the ACLU and the Electronic Frontier Foundation, two non-profits who have nothing to do with the trial bar.

This is not about money, it's about massive law breaking by the Government and corporations - who had every right (and obligation) to say no when the Bush Administration asked them to break the law.

Let the courts decide who did what - and if the President then wants to pardon the Telcos, so be it.