On Monday, the AP reported House Democrats were about to cave on FISA. Reyes: Deal Soon on Eavesdropping Law
Regarding a compromise deal, Reyes said: "We think we're very close, probably within the next week we'll be able to hopefully bring it to a vote."
In response, DFA members sprung into action. On Monday and Tuesday of this week, we made 1,922 calls to Chairman Reyes demanding he stand up against telecom immunity. We shut down his office, and the House Intelligence Committee actually changed its phone number to stop the calls
Early this morning, Chairman Reyes responded to DFA with a letter.
Chairman Reyes is parsing words:
So the issue isn’t whether someone is "for" or "against" telecom immunity. We are all "for" telecom immunity if the compliance is consistent with the law.
Rep. Reyes just doesn't get it.. Sen. Dodd and other Democrats with backbone have been standing up against any and all forms of telecom immunity. This is not enough. The American people have to know what happened, read below for a phone call we need you to make today.
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