Hypocrisy Alert: I smell Pelosi rat on telco immunity

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi says she is ‘absolutely’ opposed to telco immunity — but doesn’t want to focus on it to the degree a FISA renewal bill ignores “exclusivity,” that is, language stipulating that FISA legislation is the “exclusive means” by which the government conducts surveillance.

Per TPM:

Pelosi says that she “absolutely” opposes retroactive immunity for the telecoms, but that she “didn’t want the fight to be so focused there that we neglect exclusivity.” Pelosi added that the House leadership was "at the mercy of the 17 or 18 Democrats in the Senate who are voting with the Republicans on this" and said that “we are trying to work with the Dems in the Senate to come to an agreement” on exclusivity, immunity, and other issues.

Why do I smell a rat?

The “we did the best we could” statement is probably already in rough draft on Pelosi’s press officer’s computer.