Listening to Compromise - New York Times 7/8 - Halperin
To the editor:
Morton Halperin's touching nostalgia (New York Times, 7/8) for his own
intrusive wiretapping is no excuse for an ex-post facto
immunity for telecommunications companies who knowingly broke the law.
If the president wants to write a pardon for the telecommunications
companies, he is welcome to do so. Asking Congress to write an ex-post
facto immunity is just a gutless evasion by a president who has
specialized in such elisions -- not to mention that ex-post facto laws
are explicitly forbidden in the Constitution. I would feel more
comfortable with Congress passing this law, if I knew that Democrats
would file for an injunction against its enforcement because of this
unconstitutional provision.
Ben Burrows
406 Shoemaker Road
Elkins Park, PA 19027
215-266-2029
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