Should the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) include immunity for telecom companies?

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Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) should include immunity for telecom companies.

Voted Yes on granting retroactive immunity for telecoms' warrantless surveillance
1/23/2009 3:25:34 PM

Tom Daschle

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) should include immunity for telecom companies.

I don't blame the company, I blame the government
11/25/2008 12:14:38 PM

Travis Childers (D-MS)

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) should not include immunity for telecom companies.

I'm not so sure I could sign on to immunity
10/24/2008 6:17:41 PM

Rick Larsen (D-WA)

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) should not include immunity for telecom companies.

Larsen Votes "No" on Retroactive Immunity
10/24/2008 1:38:05 PM

Kay Barnes (D-MO)

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) should include immunity for telecom companies.

I believe they acted in good faith at the insistence of the government to turn over their phone records and, therefore, they should receive a one time limited immunity for their past actions
10/23/2008 3:50:36 PM

Tim Mahoney

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) should include immunity for telecom companies.

Representative Mahoney voted for this legislation.
10/23/2008 12:02:37 PM

Darcy Burner (D-WA)

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) should not include immunity for telecom companies.

I want to tell you that those people are cowards and traitors to this nation
10/23/2008 11:12:56 AM

Martin Heinrich (D-NM)

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) should not include immunity for telecom companies.

"I oppose amnesty for telcos who violate our civil rights and who violate the law."
10/15/2008 4:04:20 PM

Diana DeGette (D-CO)

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) should not include immunity for telecom companies.

While H.R. 6304 is an improvement over our previous efforts, it still prevents the American public’s ability to hold telecommunications companies accountable for participating in the Federal Government's domestic warrantless surveillance program
10/15/2008 1:42:56 PM

Ed Perlmutter (D-CO)

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) should not include immunity for telecom companies.

The legislation passed by the House today gives the federal court the exclusive opportunity to privately hear classified evidence and determine whether telecommunications companies should be held liable for their action
10/15/2008 1:38:10 PM

Leonard Lance (R-NJ)

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) should include immunity for telecom companies.

while immunizing telecommunications companies that assist the intelligence community in thwarting terrorism
10/14/2008 11:55:24 PM

Daniel Seals (D-IL)

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) should not include immunity for telecom companies.

Seals "opposes the recent FISA compromise bill that grants immunity to telecommunications companies that participated in illegal wiretapping."
10/11/2008 7:04:29 PM

Rick Noriega (D-TX)

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) should not include immunity for telecom companies.

I would join Sen. Dodd in opposition to any retroactive provisions that allow a "get out of jail card" for violating the Constitution
10/7/2008 3:56:55 PM

Jeff Merkley (D-OR)

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) should not include immunity for telecom companies.

This is unacceptable
10/6/2008 1:20:04 PM

Todd Tiahrt (R-KS)

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) should include immunity for telecom companies.

This bill is full of flaws and does not give the intelligence community the tools needed to effectively conduct surveillance on terrorist, protect our national secrets, and prevent future attacks
9/22/2008 10:08:02 PM

Harry Mitchell

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) should not include immunity for telecom companies.

Prematurely granting retroactive immunity, however, has many consequences
9/15/2008 1:26:05 PM

The Republican Party

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) should include immunity for telecom companies.

FISA was so vital, and the Democrats' opposition to it was so wrong.
9/15/2008 1:18:24 PM

John Culberson (R-TX)

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) should include immunity for telecom companies.

and it includes immunity for telecommunications companies who worked in good faith with the federal government to provide records on suspected terrorists
9/8/2008 12:27:18 PM

San Francisco Chronicle

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) should not include immunity for telecom companies.

"The public may never know the extent of the Bush wiretapping scheme"
9/3/2008 11:28:57 PM

Charlie Gonzalez (D-TX)

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) should not include immunity for telecom companies.

Granting blanket immunity excuses corporations from fulfilling their responsibility to ensure that information under their control is not obtained by the government in an inappropriate and excessive manner
8/27/2008 6:55:57 AM