Congress rolled over on FISA

Nancy Soderberg’s advice to the Senate -- to simply forgive and forget the telephone companies' crimes against the American people and the Constitution -- is sickening. Soderberg argued that voting for the FISA warrantless wiretapping legislation was pragmatic and just, even though it slammed the door on current lawsuits against AT&T and Verizon for these crimes.

By Robert Jacobson

July 14, 2008