Then Olbermann sums it up this way...
"Explain that you are standing aside on civil immunity, not just for political expediency, but for a greater and more tangible good, the holding to account, of the most-corrupt, the most dangerous, and the most anti-democracy presidential administration in our long history."The civil cases are being fought tooth and nail in court, not because of money, but because the system is demanding to see the evidence; they have to know exactly who was spied on, when they were spied on, and what information was gathered in the process in order to move forward with the trials.
That is why this is out in the public costing the telecoms millions of dollars in PR and legal fees and greasing the palms of politicians. If they could have settled for money, don't you think they would have done it long ago? It's about knowing what this illegal program was all about. That is why it is so important.
And Olbermann knows that.
After this legislation passes, there is no way to "hold this administration accountable" on this issue. And Olbermann is not so stupid that he doesn't know that as well.
In the end, this is what happens when you defend an indefensible position; you lose credibility. You start to sound like Bill O on Fox News.
I can't wait to read Glenn Greenwald's response to this.
In the end, what is most important here, is not giving away pieces of the constitution for the "promise" of change. That is a gamble, and one I might add, that I feel I have shown, is not worth the risk because there is no way to win it. But even if there was a way, retroactive immunity for illegally spying on American citizens is too high a price to pay for any elected office. Rigged elections or not.
No, Keith, you are dead wrong on this and you should have just left it alone. Greenwald was absolutely right in his first article about your revised position on the FISA bill and you have shown a desperation here today with this "special comment" that looks more like Rovian Spin than it does channeling Edward R. Murrow.
Your stock just fell again, Keith. Bad call.
Editors's note:
I'll be interviewing John Dean on my radio show tonight and we'll be talking about FISA. Rob Kall Radio Show: John Dean, Paul Craig Roberts, with Ray McGovern Co-hosting
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