From The Emails 031408

National Security and Pelosi

Hey folks,

It's FRIDAY. Time to go to the Emails. This week, I got a lot about the Global Warming bunk, I may touch on some of these this Weekend. But this one needs to be brought back to the forefront of peoples' minds. The mass media have all but forgotten about this. Even the usual Radio suspects have all but forgotten about this. No one seems to want to talk about this. Right now the big news, that is getting bigger, is the Hooker that brought down Spitzer. She has had over a million hits on her blog in 24 hours. She has two songs for sale on line, .98 cents a piece, over a million downloads. She will become more famous than Monica Lewinsky. Mark my words folks.

However, THIS is way more import than any of that. WE, the USA, are less protected against those that want to kill us because Traitor of the House Pelosi wants to keep playing games. Here is the Email of the week.

FISA Fight Continues

Posted By: Karen Hanretty , March 12, 2008 - 11:16 AM

It was over three weeks ago that House Democrats allowed the terrorist surveillance program to expire, and in the dead of the night on February 16, 2008, every single American became less safe. To make matters worse, the following week the House of Representatives skipped town for a ten-day vacation, leaving the security of our nation in limbo.

Since then, Democrats have maneuvered through desperate stall tactics to block the Protect America Act, knowing that it would pass with overwhelming bipartisan support like the Senate bill did earlier in February, by a vote of 68-29. Every member of the Blue Dog Coalition, which consists of 21 moderate House Democrats wrote to House Speaker Pelosi and said "the consequences of not passing such a measure could place our national security at undue risk" (Bloomberg, 2/13/08).

Why do the House Democrats want to keep our intelligence community weak? The answer is quite simple - many House Democrats have received thousands of dollars in campaign contributions by the trial lawyer lobby, and Democrats are working hard to prolong their boon to trial lawyers, who are tying up the court system with frivolous lawsuits against telecommunications companies who carried out their patriotic duty to assist in terrorist surveillance in the wake of September 11th.

It is unconscionable that the House Democrat Leadership would play politics with our national security. The Protect America Act expired almost a month ago and has hindered our ability to intercept conversations between those linked to suspected terrorist networks.

That's why it's critical that you sign our petition, so we can demand the Democrats bring this legislation to the floor.

In response to the hard-hitting truth, Democrats have made outrageous claims citing the non-apparent need for the Protect America Act. Sylvestre Reyes, the Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, in a letter to President Bush, stated that the intelligence community could still expand surveillance and be adequately prepared to handle any potential threats against our country. Unfortunately, the truth is much scarier.

The expired provisions under the Protect America Act do not give our intelligence community the ability to use existing certifications under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to cover future unknown threats against the United States. The Protect America Act allows the intel community the speedy and agile methods it needs to collect information on future terrorist suspects and organizations.

The fact still remains that while the Democrats believe that FISA itself is sufficient enough, that particular piece of legislation is dangerously out of date, having been signed into law almost thirty years ago. The Protect America Act was an essential piece of legislation which in essence, updated and modernized FISA so that it could enable our intel agencies to have access to the proper tools and methods it needs to combat our greatest threat in the 21st century.

Link - NRCC

Take a second and sign the petition. I did. Have a great Weekend. See you Sunday.
Peter

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