Hill Against Telco Amnesty

I promised Baron Hill (okay, I promised his staff) that I would give him props for showing strength and backbone on FISA, and he has done so with this statement today:

I am adamantly opposed to giving telecomm companies retroactive immunity. (Bloomington, Town Hall Meeting, 16 February 2008)

He uses the more commonly-used term "immunity" where I say "amnesty" (because "immunity" implies a trade-off to provide testimony), but we're talking about the same thing.

Democrats in the House stood up for the US Constitution this past week, despite the disappointing performance by the Senate. And they finally passed the contempt charges against Meirs and Bolton, to boot. Very pleasant surprises, in a time when those are few and far between.