Posted by
TommyO on Sunday, February 03, 2008 12:54:04 PM
Am I correct that FISA expired on the 28th of January, and we won't even
complete work on the re-authorization of same in the Senate until
Wednesday? [ I have no idea what the House is doing]
If this is true, then two things could be happening:
A) Since there is no applicable statute, the Bushitler regime is
happily domestically wire tapping everyone, or
B) We have no intercept program at all, and the AQ folks are happily
communicating all kinds of dastardly plans to immolate all of us ASAP.
We could, however, be depending on the intercept operations of some
friends [you know who you are]
Under the current FISA just expired, a warrant is required to intercept
communications between two foreigners not located in the hew ess of a.
What the hell is the congress doing trying to control intelligence
activity having to do with AQ bad guys plotting to kill us all? We have
lost our collective minds when we turn over our safety to the nutjobs in
congress.
The President had some things to say on this at SOTU, but it was weak,
almost pleading. Are we at war, or not., If we are not at war, what
the hell are we doing in Iraq and Afghanistan? The indeterminate status
of the conflict with Islamic fascism perpetuates the conflict with the
congress and allows the continuation of political posturing. The
Executive needs to force a showdown with the congress, but I am afraid
that Bush does not have the balls to do it.
TommyO