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Classic Joe Klein On FISA:Misleading And Wrong

This is classic Joe Klein:

Over the past few weeks, I’ve asked Constitutional Law professors from Harvard, Yale and the University of Chicago about the immunity provision. There are differences of opinion—no one is thrilled about immunity, to be sure—but the bottom line is, essentially, that this is a lesser issue diverting attention from the passage of an important law.

The importance of telecom immunity is NOT a legal issue that gives law professors any special insight on its relative importance. Your opinion or my opinion is as valid as yours or mine.

But what is more interesting is that Klien basically falsely states what one of the two law professors he actually quotes says. David Barron of Harvard did NOT agree with Joe Klein that telecom immunity should be allowed. He said the opposite. Cass Sunstein, who has supported the bush Administration's illegal activities for 7 years now is not surprising when he does so again now. That is like asking John Yoo on this issue frankly. And he does not disappoint Klein here. Sunstein has been an embarrassing shill for the Bush Administration on FISA since day one. His opinion on this to me is less than meaningless.

In short, a classic Klein post, ignorant, misleading and wrong.

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    You say wha'? (5.00 / 1) (#3)
    by Demi Moaned on Fri Jan 25, 2008 at 04:26:50 PM EST
    Your opinion or my opinion is as valid as yours or mine.


    Shoveling coal for satan! (none / 0) (#1)
    by ctrenta on Fri Jan 25, 2008 at 11:34:07 AM EST
    Matt Taibbi said it best about journalism today:

    "If you have no real knowledge or skill set and you're lazy and full of s*** but you want to make a decent wage, then journalism's not a bad career option. The great thing about it is that you don't need to know anything."

    That quote right there best describes Joe Klein.

    well gee, (none / 0) (#2)
    by cpinva on Fri Jan 25, 2008 at 01:33:50 PM EST
    In short, a classic Klein post, ignorant, misleading and wrong.

    at least give him credit for the boring hobgoblin of consistency!

    Sunstein (none / 0) (#4)
    by rilkefan on Fri Jan 25, 2008 at 07:13:58 PM EST
    I had him mentally filed as "leading liberal law professor" alongside Tribe - was that wrong?  Is he another person turned astray by 9/11 or something?

    Yes (none / 0) (#6)
    by jimakaPPJ on Fri Jan 25, 2008 at 10:07:24 PM EST
    unless you are sleeping walking an attack by a multinatonal terrorist group that kills thousands and disrupts world economies will get your attention.

    BTW - How was your nap??

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    Okay, suppose it is just a piddling little nit (none / 0) (#5)
    by GhostDog on Fri Jan 25, 2008 at 09:36:18 PM EST
    "this is a lesser issue diverting attention..."

    Mmmhmmm ... so where are the calls from the telco CEOs to just forget the whole thing. Immunity? Who needs it? It's a lesser issue, it shouldn't be on anyone's radar -- so just strike the whole immunity thing from the bill.

    Did I somehow miss those calls for rationality, for country above (this piddling little unimportant point of) corporate interest?

    Did Joke?

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