Colorado Senators Side with Telecoms

Feb. 12th 2008 in politics, world

The US Senate has just finished voting on Senate Amendment 3907, also known as the retroactive immunity amendment. The purpose of this amendment was to remove immunity from telecoms for "certain assistance provided to the Government."

In this case "certain assistance" means the activity that we’ve been hearing about that violates our Fourth Amendment rights – telecoms assisting the NSA in warrantless wiretapping activities.

Apparently my Colorado Senators don’t seem to think that holding telecoms accountable for their actions is a good idea – they both voted against the amendment. I certainly am not surprised by Republican Wayne Allard‘s "nay" vote, but I’ll have to admit that I expected better from Democrat Ken Salazar.

Want to see how your Senator voted? Look here for the official tallies. If your Senator voted "nay", I strongly urge you to contact him or her and express your disappointment. I have already sent emails to both Allard and Salazar – hopefully enough other people will do the same to make our Senators realize that they work for their constituents and not large companies.

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The Electronic Frontier Foundation has some great resources regarding retroactive immunity and warrantless wiretapping.