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From Matthew Yglesias...
It is fascinating that the Republican Party would rather allow what they believe to be a critical national security law lapse than allow it to be extended without the extension containing a rider immunizing large telecommunications firms from the consequences of prior illegal activity. It's almost as if the Republican Party exists to serve the interests of large business enterprises and very wealthy individuals, and tends to use national security and cultural anxieties as a kind of political theater aimed at securing votes so that they can better pursue their real agenda of enriching the wealthy and powerful.
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A couple of other interestng points that I haven't seen talked about much...
1) Wiretaps would still be available...they'd just have to go to a court and get a regular warrant like everyone else.
2) Any currently authorized FISA wiretap would still be authorized to run for the duration of the FISA warrant.
Richard Clarke, Cliton's Terrorist expert, said that the current FISA law would run through the end of the year even if it sunsets. I think he wrote an op-ed in a Philadelphia newspaper.
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