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Raw StoryDemocratic presidential candidate Chris Dodd, who has taken a hard-line in opposing Bush administration proposals to modify a foreign surveillance law, says the president's willingness to trample Constitutional rights hands terrorists a "victory" beyond what they could achieve through another attack.
"When you give up basic Constitutional rights, you give terrorists a far greater victory in ways," Dodd said during an online video chat.
The Connecticut senator explained his efforts to block a proposed bill that would grant immunity to telecommunications companies that critics say broke the law in allowing the National Security Agency to eavesdrop on Americans without warrants.
Dodd repeated his promise to filibuster any surveillance law that included immunity for telephone and internet providers, while he acknowledged that sustaining such a blockade would not be easy.
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Uh oh - time for another DLC crackdown on a progressive politician. How long before he's threatened with censure?