Posted by
Bert Chapman on Tuesday, August 07, 2007 9:25:00 AM
The recent compromise on wireless surveillance reached between the Bush
Administration and Congress is a step in the right direction although
it should be authorized for longer than six months. A key
provision of this agreement is that it allows such surveillance to be
conducted if both the Attorney General and Director of National
Intelligence authorize it. Bringing the Director of National
Intelligence into the process seems an eminently sensible move since it
allows for an extra official with an intelligence background the
Attorney General may not have to proofread and provide additional
agency perspective on whether such surveillance is necessary.
It's been quite amusing to hear the displeasure many congressional
Dumbocrats have expressed at this agreement. You should ask
such individuals if they really want to see another attack
against the U.S. homeland because we were unable to conduct
surveillance operations against terrorist operatives due to obsolescent
and onerous bureaucratic restrictions?. FISA laws were enacted
during the 1970s, long before telecommunications technologies includied
cell phones, personal computers, blackberries, instant messaging, and
the panoply of personal communication devices existing today.
Histrionic critics of this prudent legislation should remember that
unless they are planning a terrorist attack against Americans or have
provided aid and comfort to those planning such attacks that they
have ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT! They can go on living
their lives and even make idiotic statements about the wireless
surveillance program without worrying about federal agents prying into
ther lives. Then again, intelligent analysis has not been a
hallmark characteristic of wireless surveillance program critics..