Sen. Reid's Stink Bomb

[84rules]

An interesting piece coming out of the Washington Times today. It deals with efforts by the Democrats to inhibit the efforts of American intelligence agencies to gather information about terrorists planning future attacks.

Senators Harry Reid, Patrick Leahy, Chris Dodd and Russ Feingold (all Dems) are all set to kill the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) on February 1, 2008. From the Times:

After they failed on Monday to block Republican efforts to retroactively bar lawsuits against telephone companies that helped the government monitor suspected jihadist communications after September 11, Mr. Reid pulled from the floor legislation to modernize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), the primary law governing the monitoring of electronic communications. Unless Congress acts, on Feb. 1 U.S. intelligence agencies will lose the ability to monitor at least some overseas terrorist telecommunications without first obtaining court approval.

Some special-interest groups would be very happy to see FISA expire. With the support of groups like People For the American Way, the ACLU and the blog DailyKos, Messrs. Feingold and Dodd have been working feverishly to deny the telephone companies protection from lawsuits over their participation in terrorist surveillance efforts.

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Mr. Reid this week was faced with a choice between fixing the problems and pandering to special-interest groups who want to make it impossible for the military to do its job. Once again, he made the wrong choice.

What was it that Stalin called the anti-West movement of the hippie counter-culture? "Useful idiots." I have no doubt that terrorist groups all around the world see these Senators in a similar way.

The Dems have once again sided with the terrorists.

You can access the complete article on-line here:

Sen. Reid's Stink Bomb (http://www.washingtontimes. com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071219/EDITORIAL/654848349)
The Washington Times Editorial
December 19, 2007

[candles]

Democrats do not care what happens they can just blame it on George Bush. They are so-oooo unamerican it hurts.

[Charie]

One soldier was found dead on May 23, while the other two remain missing. As coalition forces searched for the missing soldiers on May 13 and May 14, intelligence officials learned about insurgent communications they believed to be related to the ambush. On May 14, a special court overseeing FISA issued an order permitting some suspected terrorist communications to be monitored. The following day, lawyers and intelligence officials spent more than nine hours discussing the need for a FISA order to monitor these communications before Attorney General Alberto Gonzales authorized monitoring.

I remember reading about this when it happened. It was disgraceful and if these muttonheads manage to get the monitoring banned, heads should roll!

To deliberately reduce surveillance after all the times our country has been attacked is lunacy. When you attack our ships, planes or embassies you attack our country.

I think this is a good point for Letters to the Editor. It's also one that isn't understood by the general public.

[Charie]

84 rules, I just noticed that your post was in the Congress thread so I moved your post here because it is an editorial.

It's a good article and I'm glad you posted it.

[84rules]

Sorry. It seemed like a Congressional thing so that's where I put it.

I wonder how many Americans know that this is happening?

[STEELMAN]

I think it would be safe to say that we can now, without a doubt, put Senator Harry Reid's name at the top of the list of "The enemy from within."

If I were a senator, there in Washington, I would feel totally obligated to take senator Reid aside and I would read him the riot act in no uncertain terms.

If that didn't change his attitude about how he is failing to do his job I would then form a committee to have him brought before the congress and make him explain why he has become a security risk to the United States of America, by his recorded actions, that give aid and comfort to our enemies.

Everytime he opens his mouth his remarks are contrary to the combined efforts of those who are striving diligently to keep America safe and protect our freedom.

It is my intense wish that the good people of his state will see what he has become and vote this man out of office as his presence there and his actions are a disgrace to our nation and it's citizens.

That goes for those who think just like him and there are too many of them in congress IMO.

[schillerbjr]

Senator Reid is "ANY" terrorist best friend!
He makes me "vomit"!

[qrayjack]

Harry Reid: Grand Poobah of the Treason Lobby. When are these sorry excuses for human beings going to be held accountable for the damage they are trying to inflict on America and our troops?

[righton]

Dingy Harry IS a stink bomb.

L&L