Kudos to Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) for doing what had to be done: he put a hold on the administration’s telecommunications bill, that is, the legislation immunizing telecommunications corporations from lawsuits for their participation even in illegal government surveillance programs.

Dodd’s campaign web site posted the following statement:

“Today Senator Dodd will send a letter to Majority Leader Harry Reid informing him that he will be placing a hold on FISA legislation that includes amnesty for telecommunications companies who enabled the President's assault on the Constitution by providing personal information on their customers without judicial authorization.

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