Well, IMHO, if the pubbies DID do that, the dems would come back with talking points something like:
"Well we wouldn't have to do all this domestic spying and snooping into American citizen's private constitutional protected rights,and all this Homeland Security stuff, if Bush wouldn't have lied to the American people about WMD so he could fight his neo-con war, and make us hated all over the world so we NOW have to spy on law abiding US citizens....blah,blah,yada,yada,etc.....
But the voters would understand...
The Republicans and the Administration should stop playing defense and learn that the "best defense is an offense" and they have plenty they can tell the American people.
Tell people how successful some of the programs have been and how damaging it is to have it blabbed all over the map by the Dems and the media, and tell the American people straight out, that the Dems are putting their lives in danger.
Remember the Republicans had that great ad on the web with the Dems own words about how weak they are on terror, but within a week, they pulled it. They should play it again -- ON TV.