The clock is running… time is ticking… Evil flourishes when good people do nothing.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Speaker Nancy Pelosi
issued the following statement today on the House vote this afternoon that
rejected a 21-day extension of the Protect America Act:“All Members of Congress fully understand and support our
responsibility to protect the American people and the need for the
President, the Congress, and policymakers to have the best possible
intelligence to fight terrorism.“On Friday, a surveillance law insisted upon by the President last
August will expire. Today, an overwhelming majority of House Democrats
voted to extend that law for three weeks so that agreement could be reached
with the Senate on a better version of that law. The President and House
Republicans refused to support the extension and therefore will bear the
responsibility should any adverse national consequences result.“However, even if the Protect America Act expires later this week, the
American people can be confident that our country remains safe and strong.
Every order entered under the law can remain in effect for 12 months from
the date it was issued.“Furthermore, the underlying Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act,
which provides for the surveillance of terrorists and provides that in
emergencies surveillance can begin without warrant, remains intact and
available to our intelligence agencies. Unlike last August, the FISA court
has no backlog of cases, and thus can issue necessary court orders for
surveillance immediately.”
Pelosi double-talk… according to her, the Republicans will “bear the responsibility should any adverse national consequences result” yet she insists that this FISA act ” provides that in emergencies surveillance can begin without warrant, remains intact and available to our intelligence agencies”… in other words the Republicans are to blame for this but don’t worry because nothing will happen.
Tick tock, tick tock.
