Democrats trying to expand FISA
Say it ain’t so? Why? Ed Schultz has started a campaign to send ping-pong balls to certain members of Congress who need to grow a pair. I’m trying to image why we would have to expand FISA? The only thing that the Administration can’t spy on is my dreams. I hope that the Dems are afraid that the Bush administration are going to call them soft on terror. The charge is silly and easily fought. We have to be thoughtful about protecting this country and not to try to rush some piece of garbage to the President.
BTW, what’s the rush? Why do we have to have this legislation to the President by Friday?
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From NYT:
“Congress needs to take its time before it implements another piece of antiterrorism legislation it will regret, like the Patriot Act,” said Anthony D. Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union. “The Bush administration clearly has abused the FISA powers it already has and clearly wants to go back to the good old days of warrantless wiretapping and domestic spying. Congress must stop this bill in its tracks.”
The administration says that digital technology and the globalization of the telecommunications industry have created a legal quandary for the intelligence community. Some purely international telephone calls are now routed through telephone switches inside the United States, which means such “transit traffic” can be subject to federal surveillance laws requiring search warrants for any government eavesdropping. (more…)
