Arguments between national security advocates and personal privacy proponents have stalled the passage of a new FISA bill for months. One of the main sticking points has been proposed immunity for telecoms as endorsed by the Bush administration. Hot Air’s Ed Morrissey has the details of how Bush may have “blinked first” on the immunity question so a compromise may be in the offing.
Bush seems willintg to accept a bit of a bloody nose on this in order to reinstate the necessary FISA reforms. If Pelosi still doesn’t budge, then the White House needs to start taking this to the people, working around the Democrats in the same manner they did last year when they stalled FISA reform for most of the session.
Will the compromise be enough to convince Nancy Pelosi to bring the question to a vote on the House floor? Read the entire report here.
















