Slog - Comments on Voting. Spying. And Torture. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/voting_spying_and_torture If you're a little unclear on what FISA is or what happened in the U.S. Senate yesterday, the Electronic Frontier Foundation—the group that's actually suing AT&T over their complicity in working with the government to circumvent the 4th Amendment—has a comprehensive roundup. Yesterday, I noted that Sens. Cantwell and Murray voted against cloture on the bill (meaning they attempted to filibuster the spying bill). They also deserve credit for—earlier in the day—voting for Sen. Dodd's amendment to strip the AT&T immunity provision out of the bill. And what's more, at the end of the day, sticking by their principles and... Copyright 2008 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 09:23:05 -0800 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:51:08 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by mackro mackro Wait, wasn't Feinstein one of the two or three Dem senators that *prevented* a bill to restore habeas corpus last year?

]]> mackro mackro http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/voting_spying_and_torture#c936188 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/voting_spying_and_torture#c936188 2008 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 09:28:25 -0800 Comment by Carollani Hehehe, you said "voated."

]]> Carollani http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/voting_spying_and_torture#c936194 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/voting_spying_and_torture#c936194 2008 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 09:34:00 -0800 Comment by Mike of Renton I see this waterboarding bill as a big lose-lose for McCain. He's gonna piss off a lot of people either way.

]]> Mike of Renton http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/voting_spying_and_torture#c936207 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/voting_spying_and_torture#c936207 2008 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 09:42:45 -0800 Comment by Bald Face Lie Nothing wonky here...
More subjects of substance, what/how our representatives are actually voting is encouraged.

]]> Bald Face Lie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/voting_spying_and_torture#c936213 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/voting_spying_and_torture#c936213 2008 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 09:49:42 -0800 Comment by Eric F Any idea why the NY Times wrongly reported Obama didn't vote on the bill?

]]> Eric F http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/voting_spying_and_torture#c936239 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/voting_spying_and_torture#c936239 2008 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:19:32 -0800 Comment by left coast I cannot believe that Hillary is so ethically bankrupt that she would rather not vote than have to defend her vote in the general election. That really says a lot about her change and leadership platform. I'd like to see ECB's defense of Hillary on this one.

]]> left coast http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/voting_spying_and_torture#c936243 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/voting_spying_and_torture#c936243 2008 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:22:24 -0800 Comment by Jo I can't believe Hillary didn't vote. Especially on a day when she was IN DC (at least, according to CNN).

Did I imagine the moment in the MLK Day debate where she criticized Obama for missing "important" votes? I'm pretty sure that actually happened, but I supposed it's possible I'm hallucinating it because I already think she's a bit of a hypocrite.

]]> Jo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/voting_spying_and_torture#c936255 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/voting_spying_and_torture#c936255 2008 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:30:07 -0800 Comment by SeMe @5
they werent wrong. josh just said he didnt vote on the final bill, and thats what the NYTIMES was covering, yesterday's vote and senator obama did not vote, but voted for important amendments earlier.

i pointed that out to jonathan in his earlier post.

]]> SeMe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/voting_spying_and_torture#c936268 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/voting_spying_and_torture#c936268 2008 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:47:49 -0800 Comment by K One of the most important votes if not THE most important vote in the past year.

Obama was there and did his part to take care of our rights.

Hillary was somewhere else, presumably taking care of herself.

This is a beautiful illustration of why I support Obama.

Rah rah woman president rah rah we miss Bill. Boo, she didn't show up.

She threw mud at Obama for voting "present" on bad bills in the IL state senate. How can she defend that attack when she couldn't even do that much on the FISA immunity vote?

No sexist comments here. Just straight reality as to why Hillary is not the progressive warrior that she likes to shout that she is.

]]> K http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/voting_spying_and_torture#c936271 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/voting_spying_and_torture#c936271 2008 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:51:08 -0800