FL-25: Joe Garcia FISA Statement

In a statement e-mailed by the campaign, Orange to Blue candidate Joe Garcia reiterates his opposition to the FISA bill. Via e-mail: "The laws that were created under FISA were sufficient to meet our countryʼs national security needs. What the Bush administration has done, again, is present Americans with a false choice between national security and civil liberties, while this bill increases neither. I oppose any broad retroactive immunity provided to companies who may have broken the law. The legal purpose of immunity is to use the protection granted by such immunity as an inducement to divulge information about what occurred. Immunity in this case would do the opposite: it would shut down any investigation into what actually occurred." A strong statement from a candidate running in a tough district. Good job, Mr.... [read full story]