Democrats to the Rescue
It is not all that I would want. But given the legitimate threats we face, providing effective intelligence collection tools with appropriate safeguards is too important to delay. So I support the compromise, but do so with a firm pledge that as President, I will carefully monitor the program, review the report by the Inspectors General, and work with the Congress to take any additional steps I deem necessary to protect the lives -– and the liberty –- of the American people. ~ Barack Obama
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I clicked to your link from Jonn’s site, and was not surprised to find you lost in Ron Paul’s lala land.
FISA is often put to good use. It has to do with national security, sweetpea. If you take a break from your ‘troofer’ mentality, you’d realize that eavesdropping on terorists who use U.S. communications,including Internet sites and cell phones, is a necessity. Thanks to internal and external threats to national security, the wiretapping laws had to be overhauled. Period.
We’ve thwarted countless terrorist plots in this country by thugs who want to pick up where the 9/11 hijackers left off. FISA is part of that.
I’m not going to lose any sleep over your senseless paranoia regarding “abuses and usurpations” or that you cannot sustain an argument without resorting to your own name calling.
Go ahead. Take your toys and go home.
Comment by GI JANE — July 23, 2008 @ 8:08 pm EST
Glad you could stop by. You’re welcome anytime.
I don’t really have a problem with the old FISA. Apparently the Bush administration did, or else the would have used it rather than ignore it. All they had to do was ask. Between 1979 and 2007 the FISA court approved 25,360 applications and denied 9. That means 99.06% were approved. http://epic.org/privacy/wiretap/stats/fisa_stats.html. Why, then, did the Administration not even bother to file requests?
Comment by isilion — July 23, 2008 @ 8:38 pm EST