Rockefeller's "Kill the Fourth Amendment" act coming to Senate vote

Jonathan Turley was just on the radio saying that Jay has been adamant that immunity for telecommunications companies that aided the White House in warrantless wiretaps be in the bill and that it be considered by the Senate —which may happen as early as tomorrow.

My favorite senator, Russ Feingold, D- Wisconsion is pledging, along with Sen. Chris Dodd, D - Connecticut, to filibuster this cave to the Bush administration.

From their statement:

We will oppose efforts to end debate on this bill as long as it provides retroactive immunity for the telecommunications companies that may have participated in the President's warrantless wiretapping program, and as long as it fails to protect the privacy of law-abiding Americans.

Senate Majority leader Harry Reid says he will back Dodd and Feingold.

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As always, the guy who knows this issue inside and out is Salon's Glenn Greenwald. He offers the most comprehensive and updated coverage.

In his latest, he takes on Democratic House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer's claim that the House Dems' cave is a "significant victory":

In other words, Democrats achieved a "significant victory" because -- by giving Republicans everything they demanded -- Republicans are no longer able to criticize Democrats on this issue. What a shrewd strategy: "if we comply with all their demands, then they can't criticize us for anything." That's the Democratic Party's plan for winning, according to Hoyer.