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Connecticut Senator Christopher Dodd quoting Supreme Court Justice Sanda Day O'Connor:
 * "A state of war is not a blank check."

Dodd threatened to filibuster a bill that Republicans were trying to use to give telecom corporations retroactive immunity for assisting the Bush administration in spying on Americans without warrants.

Clip title: "Sen. Dodd's (D-CT) Senate Floor Speech on FISA" Date: 10/26/2007 Location: WASHINGTON, DC Program Length: 00:09:28 CSPAN Clip # 102607 Approximate clip @ 00:05:03

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