Posted on 09/14/2006 11:14:05 AM PDT by lowbridge
Congress is working on bills that would square the Terrorist Surveillance program with FISA Court Rules. However, one bill sponsored by Republican Congresswoman Heather Wilson of New Mexico would require that we be hit with a terrorist attack before we are legally allowed to surveil. Yes, you read that correctly. Republicans are proposing a bill that says we can't initiate surveillance until after we've been struck by a terrorist attack. What would be the point of surveillance then? The attack will have already taken place; innocent Americans will have already died.
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Take a look at what Rep. Wilson says about her own bill, courtesy of Bryan at Hot Air
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The whole point of surveilling terror suspects is to prevent a terrorist attack. What part of that do Republicans not understand?
And even if we do capture terror suspects, when we eventually try them, Senator Lindsay Graham wants to make sure their defense attorneys get complete access to all the national security methods used in capturing them. There are many, many scum defense attorneys out there who sympathize with these terrorists and will work to make sure their cohorts get that information. Bryan at Hot Air offers Lynne Stewart as one example of said scum defense attorney. Be sure to read all of Bryan's post; he has much more information.
Rob at Say Anything points out that Rep. Heather Wilson, one of eight Republicans, received a 100% rating from CAIR for supporting its interests. On the other hand, 154 Democrats received a 100% rating.
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Nah. She just fell off the turnip truck yesterday, so you can't blame her for that. :-)
Where are all of our "Party over Principle" types on this one...
Isn't she an AFA graduate?
Well, there you go.
Please say it isn't so...
Can someone lead her away from the floor ~ just take her outside ~ turn her loose.
I hoe they are just drafting this hoping to get moonbats to vote for it.
These idiots seem to forget they have already proven their unwillingness to "respond" to numerous attacks in the 90's!
FISA has NO jurisdiction in this area!
PERIOD!!!
Just called her number... she is a grad... and she is a major disappointment... told the person on the other end of the line so.
From her official congressional web site:
Congresswoman Wilson is the first woman since Georgia Lusk in 1948 to serve in Congress from New Mexico. Wilson is the only woman veteran currently in Congress, and the first Air Force Academy graduate in Congress.
Sensenbrenner????? WTF?!?
btw, I went to Thomas and read HR 5825. However without having the FISA law in front of you, you really can't make heads or tails out of the Bill with all the 'insert 'x', delete 'y' and replace 'z'.
But it definitely has the 'after being attacked' nonsense in it. And in two places.
United 93 was headed for the U.S. Capitol. Maybe she wants them to give it another try before we surveil the nice little muzzies.
Yes, I think she is. Much to my chagrin.
Hey...one of my Senators, Barbara Boxer, has a great claim on that title too.
I don"t understand, I just don't understand. This is absurd.
Thanks for that e-mail link. I just gave them a piece!
@SSHATS! All of them.
So, following these nut-job Republican's logic, after our next attack, we'll have another worthless congressional investigation, aka 9/11 Commission, stacked with many who were/are responsible for our ineptness in defending ourselves, blaming nobody??
The feminization of law and order, and national defense, will be the Death of the West.
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