http://washingtonindependent.com/19563/arlen-specter-drives-the-aclu-crazy-like-he-was-made-of-flamin-hot-cheetos National News in Context Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:38:08 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://washingtonindependent.com/19563/arlen-specter-drives-the-aclu-crazy-like-he-was-made-of-flamin-hot-cheetos/comment-page-1#comment-37671 Jesse Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:13:56 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=19563#comment-37671 Do some research. He was a sharp critic of telecom immunity but voted for the bill because he thought the federal government was to blame for coercing the companies to participate. He even attempted to amend to bill to make the government responsible for any lawsuit filed against the companies, feeling that the companies acted in good faith since the government was pushing them to cooperate. While I would certainly want BOTH to be held responsible, your representation of Sen. Specter's stance is incorrect. Do some research. He was a sharp critic of telecom immunity but voted for the bill because he thought the federal government was to blame for coercing the companies to participate. He even attempted to amend to bill to make the government responsible for any lawsuit filed against the companies, feeling that the companies acted in good faith since the government was pushing them to cooperate. While I would certainly want BOTH to be held responsible, your representation of Sen. Specter's stance is incorrect.

]]> http://washingtonindependent.com/19563/arlen-specter-drives-the-aclu-crazy-like-he-was-made-of-flamin-hot-cheetos/comment-page-1#comment-12506 Jesse Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:13:56 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=19563#comment-12506 Do some research. He was a sharp critic of telecom immunity but voted for the bill because he thought the federal government was to blame for coercing the companies to participate. He even attempted to amend to bill to make the government responsible for any lawsuit filed against the companies, feeling that the companies acted in good faith since the government was pushing them to cooperate. While I would certainly want BOTH to be held responsible, your representation of Sen. Specter's stance is incorrect. Do some research. He was a sharp critic of telecom immunity but voted for the bill because he thought the federal government was to blame for coercing the companies to participate. He even attempted to amend to bill to make the government responsible for any lawsuit filed against the companies, feeling that the companies acted in good faith since the government was pushing them to cooperate. While I would certainly want BOTH to be held responsible, your representation of Sen. Specter's stance is incorrect.

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