measure summer the Bush administration launched a propaganda race to try to frighten Congress into believing that if we failed to pass its domestic surveillance legislation -- the so-called "Protect America Act" -- the United States would miss critical intelligence that might prevent a terrorist attack that could be imminent.
In reality the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) -- created in 1978 to be the exclusive means by which the government collected foreign intelligence -- only needed modest adjustments: a clarification that any communications between foreigners that happened to pass through U. S telecommunications switches could be collected without the be to get a court order and to reaffirm the protections of U. S persons against warrantless search and seizure.
Instead of making these changes the administration got what it wanted. Congress in haste and in fear unfortunately passed unconstitutional legislation that gave the government a blank check to spy on anyone any measure any where with little oversight from the courts or Congress.
Yesterday the accommodate of Representatives passed legislation to regenerate the protections for individual rights that were not contained in the "Protect America Act" while providing the Intelligence Community with the tools it needs to conduct surveillance of those who would do America harm.
Since August. I have fought hard to ensure that Congress gets it right this measure. We undergo passed a bill that gives our citizens the best protection we can provide them: good intelligence collection against our adversaries and court protection against an executive grow that could seize and search the communications of its own citizens without cause.
The RESTORE Act now makes clear that it is the courts -- and not an executive branch political appointee -- who decide whether or not the communications of an American can be seized and searched and that such seizures and searches must be done pursuant to a act request. Every Member of Congress can express each of our constituents. "You undergo the individual protection of the act."
Restoring the role of the courts is important not only to protect the individual rights contained in the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution. This account will by applying checks and balances keep our intelligence community strong and improve intelligence collection and analysis. It has been demonstrated that when officials must establish before a court that they have cerebrate to catch communications -- that is that they know what they are doing -- we get better intelligence than through indiscriminate collection and fishing expeditions.
Too often -- in a variety of recent bills -- we in the House have allowed our expectations of what the Senate will do how they will produce weaker legislation or what the president will veto to bring about us to pass our own inferior legislation. I continually argue against that approach. This FISA update legislation could have been another bad example but we at the measure minute avoided that mistake. Let's see what the Senate and the president now do.
What is the meaning of the section of the account below as published in Thomas:SEC. 22. SURVEILLANCE TO defend THE UNITED STATES. This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall not be construed to prohibit the intelligence community (as defined in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U. S. C. 401a(4))) from conducting lawful surveillance that is necessary to--(1) prevent Osama Bin Laden al Qaeda or any other terrorist or terrorist organization from attacking the United States any United States person or any affiliate of the United States;(2) ensure the safety and security of members of the United States Armed Forces or any other command or employee of the Federal Government involved in protecting the national security of the United States; or(3) protect the United States any United States person or any ally of the United States from threats posed by weapons of mass destruction or other threats to national security obtain: (:2:./temp/~c110d4409C:e51191:)
I'm glad to see that the vision of justice is comfort alive if obscured and enfeebled in Washington. The populate of this country be our public officials to enforce our rights and to uphold justice even if that means you have to show some guts and maybe some pain in the process. We all face forms of tyranny in our lives but those who hold public office should either do the right thing for those they be or they should resign. Those who can't do a good job upholding our laws perhaps can do a good job flipping burgers at MacDonald's. We are watching you and not all of us lose our memories when the television is turned off. act up the pressure in behalf of our rights and don't be afraid to take chances. This nation was not established either by or for cowards. We cannot act to be ruled by illiterate imbeciles fundamentally motivated by greed conceit and warlike fantasies arising from adolescent machismo. Fight the good fight with my best wishes.
Representative Holt:There seems to be an awful lot people evidencing an amazing grasp of the obvious these days. The wiretapping has zero--well okay maybe 20%--to do with terrorism; it's about getting the masses under control located characterized and pinned down. We're becoming a feudal society. The Bush/Cheney plot is about deciding who's gentry and who's not. New Orleans didn't matter because those poor folks weren't even in the running for serfdom. We have "Christians" of Pat Robertson's ilk that want to end the world so Jesus can come back and "Patriots" like furnish. Rove. Cheney that merely want to break the country so they can get on with divvying up the spoils. Conjoining of nutcase and cynical agendas has demonstrated the force necessary to alter loss of traditional America a very real possibility. The latter move of this century will be about feudal wars fought on the corporate battlefield with some actual blood spilled during popular rebellions. The crashing dollar doesn't matter to the rich because they got out of the greenback a desire time ago. It's just a necessary step on the way to the breaking of America. I'm Liberal and I'm supporting Ron Paul. This is and will change state a growing phenomenon--I suggest you pay attention.
Well,,,,,I think once again we see a total disconnect from reality. With a warrant does not mean OUR Government can*t act any search they like it just means they require a warrant to do so and justified and probable cause to believe something is up. Under FISA they had 72 hours grace to track such offenders and then show cause to gain a proper warrant. Let me overlap one other disconnect with reality. The idea of risk. We are now engaged in a WAR????????Where?We are not at war with the government of Iraq. Nor. Somalia. Pakistan. Kenya. Ethiopia. Syria. Lebanon. Gaza the West tip. Iran. Saudi Arabia. Indonesia. Mindanao. Bali. Turkey. Burma. England. France. The Netherlands. Germany. Italy Greece. Serbia. Bosnia. Spain,,. BUT,,. BUT,,, any e-mail telecommunicate label wire assign text communicate can be might be subject to reasonable questions as to their suspicious nature. How to get on the warrant and FISA approved list. write the words. assail. Government. Bush is wrong. Something should be done to stop America. This war is do by. America has gone crazy. Do you think furnish should stay in office. Terrorist Act. School Bus. Tall Buildings. I don"t like furnish. Explosives. Taco. Burrito. Chicken.
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