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Interview With Rep. Barbara Lee

by: William Rivers Pitt, t r u t h o u t | Report

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Congresswoman Barbara Lee. (Photo: Alex Wong / Getty Images)

Barbara Lee (D-California) remains stoutly determined to drag her Congressional colleagues, as well as the Bush administration, away from continuing to support the long list of foreign and domestic policy decisions that have damaged the Unites States at home and abroad. In this video, she sits with William Rivers Pitt to discuss several of these issues in detail.

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William Rivers Pitt is a New York Times and internationally bestselling author of two books: "War on Iraq: What Team Bush Doesn't Want You to Know" and "The Greatest Sedition Is Silence." His newest book, "House of Ill Repute: Reflections on War, Lies, and America's Ravaged Reputation," is now available from PoliPointPress.

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Thank you Truth Out and Rep.

Thank you Truth Out and Rep. Barbara Lee, Please keep on. Modestly may I offer in support of your views, years of documentary and writing. This Olympics, let's go for the gold for humanity. We know how to do it, despite the odds and the tragic direction we've turned. www.anthonydonovan.com In gratitude, Anthony

I hope Obama chooses you,

I hope Obama chooses you, Barbara Lee, as his running mate. But I must say, I have been very disappointed with him lately.

Thank you Barbara Lee,

Thank you Barbara Lee, seeing you fight for sanity is empowering.

Lee for VP! Clean executive

Lee for VP! Clean executive priv abuses from the inside out. Keep it up, Barbara Lee!

So what does this

So what does this intelligent and encouraging legislator have to say about Obama's approval of the FISA bill?

Click on 'more', there are a

Click on 'more', there are a lot more good clips including Keith Olbermann's very interesting explanation (before the fact) of Obama's vote: This bill provides immunity for the telecommunications companies from CIVIL suits but NOT for CRIMINAL indictments. Nor does it create immunity for the GOVERNMENT from either civil or criminal suits. So actually, it looks like Bush is getting a handout-- and he thinks he is, because no one reads these bills-- but it's actually almost a preventive process agaiunst a worse immunity bill happening. I can see this and I wonder if Obama was thinking this way. Unfortunately if he is, he hasn't been able to get this word out, and the progressive backlash against him, bringing angry progressives to say they'd rather vote for McCain instead of this traitorour Obama, an idiotic way to cut off our noses to spite our face, is far stronger than he might have predicted. I'm still voting for him-- unless I vote my actual conscience and vote McKinney.

Thank you, Thank you, thank

Thank you, Thank you, thank you!!!

Thank you William for

Thank you William for getting back to basics. Damn good interview, Barbara Lee is a credit to our country and I am really proud she is in congress. Everyone should go vote in November for someone as much like her as possible.

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