Bush in a speech yesterday: "Now the question is, should these lawsuits be allowed to proceed, or should any company that may have helped save American lives be thanked for performing a patriotic service; should those who stepped forward to say we’re going to help defend America have to go to the courthouse to defend themselves, or should the Congress and the President say thank you for doing your patriotic duty? I believe we ought to say thank you."
Like many of my fellow Americans, I am strongly against retrocative immunity for the telecoms. There are broad principles at stake here, including the rule of law.
In my opinion, this is mostly about keeping secret those actions that Bush asserts are national security secrets. This would close to loop to any and all oversight, forever. No courts, no Congress - down the memory hole.
Bush's rhetoric is tantamount to calling us unpatriotic. He's done it before. It's happened again.
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