Posted on 02/25/2008 5:42:02 PM PST by smoothsailing
House Inaction Left America Open To Attack
By SENATOR MITCH McCONNELL
Posted Monday, February 25, 2008 4:30 PM PT
In the wake of 9/11, Americans were stunned to learn that our own intelligence officials had information on some of the hijackers even before the attacks.
Three years later, Congress created the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to prevent similar gaps in intelligence gathering. Its nonpartisan director oversees 16 agencies and advises the president and Congress on how best to detect terrorist plots.
But now, when it comes to intercepting the communications of terrorists overseas, the Democrats' leadership in the House of Representatives has decided that his advice is optional.
The consequences of inaction are real: Last Saturday, the director of national intelligence, Adm. Mike McConnell, warned Congress that we have already lost intelligence information and that "our ability to gather information concerning the intentions and planning of terrorists and other foreign intelligence targets will continue to degrade because we have lost tools provided by the Protect America Act that enable us to adjust to changing circumstances."
Following the lead of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the leaders of the Democratic Party in the House of Representatives have prevented a vote on bipartisan improvements to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978....
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Words fail me at the lack of leadership in the House, Pelosi and the other Dem leaders are a disgrace and a danger to our country.
I Agree of course, but from their point of view they're very busy doing good stuff for the American people.
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