Our view on security vs. privacy
Is Bush uses scare tactics to railroad spying act?
USATODAY-Bush uses scare tactics to railroad flawed spying act
Blanket immunity for phone firms encourages illegal surveillance.
President Bush is rarely as vivid about the specter of terrorism as he is when he’s trying to stampede Congress into doing something it should think twice about. On Wednesday, he demanded quick passage of a flawed surveillance measure because “terrorists are planning attacks on our country … that will make Sept. 11 pale by comparison.”
When you link to an article, how about linking to the correct one.
http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2008/02/our-view-on-sec.html
“Congressman Silvestre Reyes, D-TX, Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, sent the following letter to President George W. Bush today regarding the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). The text of the letter is below:”
“…If our nation is left vulnerable in the coming months, it will not be because we don’t have enough domestic spying powers. It will be because your Administration has not done enough to defeat terrorist organizations – including al Qaeda — that have gained strength since 9/11. We do not have nearly enough linguists to translate the reams of information we currently collect. We do not have enough intelligence officers who can penetrate the hardest targets, such as al Qaeda. We have surged so many intelligence resources into Iraq that we have taken our eye off the ball in Afghanistan and Pakistan. As a result, you have allowed al Qaeda to reconstitute itself on your watch…”
Link:
http://wwwc.house.gov/reyes/news_detail.asp?id=1370
Here’s a great vid. with Keith Olbermann. I love it when he gets excited.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEcBjpsP1bU
The idea of terrorists operating freely within our borders IS scary.