Dems vowed in August to revisit FISA after caving to the administration's demands. It looks like they're caving again. Two months after insisting tha
October 8, 2007

Dems vowed in August to revisit FISA after caving to the administration's demands. It looks like they're caving again.

Two months after insisting that they would roll back broad eavesdropping powers won by the Bush administration, Democrats in Congress appear ready to make concessions that could extend some crucial powers given to the National Security Agency.

Administration officials say they are confident they will win approval of the broadened authority that they secured temporarily in August as Congress rushed toward recess. Some Democratic officials concede that they may not come up with enough votes to stop approval.

Even now, they're so afraid of being labeled "weak," that they can't stand up for what's right. Edward Copeland and Brilliant at Breakfast have more.

Update: The NYT piece may have not have been helpful after all.

As Glenn Greenwald explained in a very helpful post, “[A]t least thus far, from everything I can tell, the picture is more complicated and less depressing than this NYT article suggests, and the defeat is not yet a fait accompli. To begin with, the bill to be proposed today by the House Democratic leadership actually contains some surprisingly good and important provisions.”

At Daily Kos, pontificator also tries to correct the Times piece, saying, "We have a good bill before the House. The ACLU and the progressive caucus were consulted, and many in the progressive caucus are comfortable with it."

You can read the bill summary. It looks like the NYT article was misleading.

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