Bush has so many skeletons in his illegal wiretapping closet that the only thing that this piece of shit can offer to the congress and the American public is nothing but more fear-mongering. How many times has Bush told us that the terrorist are going to bomb the shit out of us if we do not give the telecoms amnesty for helping him wiretap our phones and emails?
Rep. Rush Holt had a couple of things to say about Bush's comments this morning.
The Gavel
“The President, at this morning’s press conference, said that the American people expect we will provide the intelligence community with the tools it needs to protect the country. It has those tools now through the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), and would have all the authority necessary to protect Americans into the future under the RESTORE Act, passed by the House in November. The RESTORE Act embodies the principle that officials must establish before a court that they have reason to intercept communications involving American citizens. What the President really wants is a permanent blank check to conduct indiscriminate collection and fishing expeditions without any judicial oversight. This does not lead to better intelligence.
“The President has had multiple opportunities to work with Congress to modernize FISA. Instead, he has chosen to demagogue this issue through a propaganda campaign, one dependent on fear-mongering and false accusations. If the President is serious about protecting the American people, he’ll drop the campaign-style rhetoric and work with us to pass a realistic and workable intelligence surveillance bill,” Holt said.
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