I'm all for implementing legal immunity for telecom companies in this case. People and business shouldn't be facing legal repurcussions for following the legal dictates of a then-current administration, following the law as put forth by government. If you can prosecute anybody for following the law of a previous regime, because that law now greatly differs under the current regime.... well, it's probably time to run to the hills and live as nomads.

Note: I am very against many of the Patriot Act's provisions, including the warrantless wiretapping and general disregard for the essence of the orginal constitutional philosophy. Let not the people pay for the mistakes of government, however.



As for Obama, he does indeed represent "change"; as much as every prior administration represented their own versions of change, which amounted to minor shifts within the status quo. Ron Paul, loving him on some areas and astounded by others, for better or worse, was the only guy IMO that actually represented real change. The rest; they just tighten or losen the nuts and bolts of the same old political machine. Make no mistake; Obama's just another Democrat.