Political Quotes

“What I would respond is that the telecommunication companies at the request of their government were asked to cooperate and help us pursue terrorists. Obviously they have much of the infrastructure that we need to pursue these terrorists. I would have to put this whole issue under the category of ``no good deed goes unpunished,'' where people who are acting in good faith to help their government are now being sued for their efforts, again to protect the most litigious elements of our society. Because of that, because of the failure to provide a retroactive immunity as contained in the Protect America Act, when we do not provide that retroactive immunity, we know that these telecommunications can no longer be good partners. Even though they want to be helpful, they can't be. They have to protect themselves from lawsuits. They have a fiduciary responsibility to their shareholders to protect themselves and their organizations. I think that is really what is driving us.”