How telecoms are attempting to buy amnesty from Congress

(updated below - Update II) One of the benefits from the protracted battle over telecom amnesty is that it is a perfect microcosm for how our government institutions work. And a casual review of the available evidence regarding how telecom amnesty is being pursued demonstrates what absurd, irrelevant distractions are the pro-amnesty justifications offered by the pundit class and the Bush administration. Just in the first three months of 2008, recent lobbyist disclosure statements reveal that