Pelosi and the Protect America Act (Idiot Reyes, Al-Qaeda is Sunni!)

CNSNews ^ | 2/18/2008 | Rich Galen

[tobyhill]

From Merriam-Webster's Third Unabridged dictionary: Sedition: Conduct tending to treason but without an overt act.

The United States House of Representatives went into their nearly two-week-long President's Day recess without acting on a Senate Bill which would have re-authorized the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act or FISA (pronounced here in Washington with the I as in EYE.)

FISA was first passed in 1978 -- keep that date in mind -- and, according to the Liberal Federation of American Scientists website: "prescribes procedures for requesting judicial authorization for electronic surveillance and physical search of persons engaged in espionage or international terrorism against the United States on behalf of a foreign power."

Last year, after the uproar over the so-called "warrantless wiretaps," the Congress passed the "Protect America Act" which made some minor adjustments to FISA like including the fact that there were no such things as commercial cell phones in 1978.

The Democrats in the House and Senate, despite the recognition that national security was, in fact, at stake, placed a sunset on that law to give them a chance to see what political hay could be made of it.

The law expired some weeks ago, and was given a temporary reprieve which expired at midnight, Friday February 15, 2008.

While it is true that the underlying FISA remains in place, reverting to a law which was based on intercepting intelligence with the technology which was in place 30 years ago puts the US at great risk.

[mysterio]

Do you want President Obama or President Hillary to have these powers? Because Bush is only in office for another 11 months. And it’s good odds that the next president will be a dem.

[tobyhill]

It’s the Rats trying to take us back to pre-911 days and they need to be held accountable for their treason. I will never vote for a traitor R or D.

[JimRed]

Sedition: Conduct tending to treason but without an overt act; see New York Times.

Fixed it.

[tobyhill]

LOL.

[YOUGOTIT]

“And it’s good odds that the next president will be a dem.”

If that turns out to be true then get ready for Sharia Law. Democrats are anti-American and as far as I am concerned pro al-Qaeda.

[mysterio]

I doubt we are facing Sharia. But I think the “patriot” act and other spying measures will be abused even more than they already are. We just had someone in our area prosecuted under the “patriot” act for stealing copper wire. Just wait and see what the dems do with it. It just goes to show that the loose definition of terrorist in the act can be used to describe almost anyone.

[YOUGOTIT]

The Patriot Act and other acts that allow us to kill terrorist or stop them from killing us or our families are whet we need.

If this thief was put in jail for thief then more power to the law. You said the Patriot Act put him in jail give me the Web site to get that information for the act is a federal act and not thief in the state.

[mysterio]

The Patriot Act and other acts that allow us to kill terrorist or stop them from killing us or our families are whet we need.

Then amend the Constitution rather than legislating around it. Or declare martial law.

You said the Patriot Act put him in jail give me the Web site to get that information for the act is a federal act and not thief in the state.

Here is a link to the story. And I stand corrected. They only threatened to charge him as a terrorist and didn't end up going through with it. But it just shows how loosely the definition of "terrorist" can be applied. And how it might be used to go after others under the dems.