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September 28, 2009

Jeff Merkley, For Civil Rights

Our junior Senator continues to do the right thing, which is something of an anomaly these days.

First thing to note is that he signed on as an original sponsor of the JUSTICE Act, S. 1686 (one of those nifty acronyms which, in this case, stands for Judicious Use of Surveillance Tools in Counterterrorism Efforts), whose goal is to reform the US, A PATRIOT act to increase judicial oversight.

The other thing is that he's on board with Senators Dodd of Connecticut, Leahy of Vermont, and Feingold of Wisconsin (you need not be told that there isn't a Republican in sight, yes?) on the Retroactive Immunity Repeal Act, which will remove the retro-immunity the telecoms enjoy for sticking their noses into your private online bidness without having to ask anyone.

Nice to see someone walking his talk these days.

Posted by The Chinuk at September 28, 2009 08:23 PM