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• Booman Tribune ~ A Progressive Community: ... Post's advocacy for immunity for the telecommunications corporations hits all the right points. In fact, he was so thorough that I am left with nothing to say but, what he said . I will reiterate one part that touches on Fred Hiatt. Hiatt says the following: There is one major area of disagreement between the administration and House Democrats where we think the administration has the better of the ...
• Talking Points Memo: ... a national emergency? That these companies should be entirely shielded from responsibility, before lawmakers even understand what exactly transpired? This is what the WaPo finds persuasive? Update: Glenn Greenwald has more , including a solid analysis of how seriously (or, in this case, not) the DC establishment takes the rule of law. --Steve Benen ...
• The Sideshow: ... our Government is doing when it comes to spying on its own citizens? That desire -- that urge -- to help the Government conceal even its likely illegal acts is the very antithesis of the most elementary instinct of healthy, authentic 'journalism.' ( More here .)" Everybody's going to business school, but who's minding our agriculture? I thought this ...
• Firedoglake - Firedoglake weblog: ... a whole host of problems.  Whether or not the Beltway Brahmins want to acknowledge it, rebuilding respect for our justice system and trust in its mechanisms is going to take a long, long time — and by propping up illegal end-runs of the Constitution and the rule of law , the inside the beltway crowd bears responsbility for this problem. – When you send our nation’s soldiers off to fight in a war of your choosing, ...
• War and Piece: ... on an ongoing basis without warrants? And what does it have to say that some companies refused without the government agreeing to take it to the FISA court? Shame on the Post, which one suspects is compromised on this issue a hundred ways. More here . Posted by Laura at 11:55 PM Larry ...
• The American Street: ... With his deeper knowledge of sources to sustain the argument, Glenn Greenwald also insists that the decision on whether the telco law violations will be institutionalized go to the foundation of governmental legitimacy. The rule of law must be sacrosanct. The corruption and sleaze here is so transparent and extreme. ...
• Eschaton: ... Fred Hiatt. -Atrios 11:06 ...
• The Anonymous Liberal: ... Democrats in Congress seem ready to acquiesce to his demands, without even knowing what conduct they are granting amnesty for. This is how the legislative process works in the bizarro world we've somehow managed to find ourselves in. As Glenn points out today, in additional to Democratic fecklessness (particularly in the Senate), a big part of the problem here is the willingness of influential beltway pundits to simply accept the totally bizarre and unreasonable framing of this debate presented by ...
• Best of the Blogs: ... In a just world, Glenn Greenwald would be a designated a national treasure. Share and Enjoy:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web ...
• Chris Floyd - Empire Burlesque - High Crimes and Low Comedy in the Bush Imperium: ... retroactively "immunize" the telecom giants from prosecution for their well-paid role in the lawless surveillance scheme. Leading Democrats have already signed up to this astonishing barbarism, which, a s Glenn Greenwald notes in a blistering analysis , is yet another indication that the rule of law is a dead letter for the mandarins of the American Establishment. ...
• Grasping Reality with Both Hands: Brad DeLong's Semi-Daily Journal: ... now-a-bed Shall think themselves blessed that they were not there, And lucky to still hold their ovaries dear Unlike those upon the Post editorial board Here is Glenn Greenwald: The Beltway Establishment's contempt for the rule of law : The Washington Post's Editorial Page, in the establishment-defending form of Fred Hiatt, today became but the latest Beltway appendage to urge the enactment of a special law providing amnesty to our nation's poor, put-upon, lawbreaking telecoms: ...
• Liberty Street: ... that the law will be applied to their own conduct, and the government seeks to be law-abiding. What is happening now in Washington is -- in every respect -- the exact opposite of this. ... As usual, read the whole piece . Read More... ...