Forty years ago today, shortly after midnight and after claiming victory in the California Democratic Primary, Robert Kennedy was shot by Sirhan Sirhan. He died the next day and on June 8th was eulogized by his brother Edward before being transported by a slow-moving train to Arlington where he was buried not far from his older brother John.
Despite the difficulty of such a task, Newsweek's Evan Thomas attempts to envision what a Robert Kennedy presidency might have looked like.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
"Now it's on to Chicago and let's win there."
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Telecom Immunity Update
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Silvestre (really, dude? -ed.) Reyes has claimed that he is willing to compromise with Republicans on telecom immunity, namely by allowing the secret FISA court to determine whether immunity ought to be granted. This is a similar proposal to the one offered by Diane Feinstein (D-CA) months ago, a proposal which, had it been accepted, would likely have made disclosure of the specifics of the surveillance program impossible.
As Digby notes, the 40 or so lawsuits against the the telecoms aren't that serious of a threat to the companies in terms of potential awards:
"There just isn't enough money at stake to explain this. Nobody's suing for the money, they are suing for the discovery. Something bad happened here and the Democrats are helping the Republicans cover it up."
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