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ledvedderman

Cheney warns Congress of need for new surveillance law
Posted: 12:30 PM ET
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Vice President Dick Cheney warned Congress Wednesday that a "day of reckoning" is near if it doesn't soon pass a bill to replace an expiring law that expanded the government's ability to conduct warrantless surveillance of suspected terrorists.

In a speech before the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, Cheney called on lawmakers to make permanent the temporary changes that helped close a gap in the intelligence community's ability to gather information important to national security.

Last August, Congress hurriedly passed the Protect America Act (PAA) after the Director of National Intelligence told the lawmakers that technology changes had hampered the ability to collect intelligence against terrorists. The law expires February 1.

The vice president also pushed Congress to give immunity to telecommunications companies who assist the government in the warrantless eavesdropping on terrorists believed to be overseas even if those calls should involve conversations with people in the United States.

My3rdEye

ledvedderman wrote:

Cheney warns Congress of need for new surveillance law
Posted: 12:30 PM ET
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Vice President Dick Cheney warned Congress Wednesday that a "day of reckoning" is near if it doesn't soon pass a bill to replace an expiring law that expanded the government's ability to conduct warrantless surveillance of suspected terrorists.

In a speech before the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, Cheney called on lawmakers to make permanent the temporary changes that helped close a gap in the intelligence community's ability to gather information important to national security.

Last August, Congress hurriedly passed the Protect America Act (PAA) after the Director of National Intelligence told the lawmakers that technology changes had hampered the ability to collect intelligence against terrorists. The law expires February 1.

The vice president also pushed Congress to give immunity to telecommunications companies who assist the government in the warrantless eavesdropping on terrorists believed to be overseas even if those calls should involve conversations with people in the United States.

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RolandTD20Kdrummer

These war criminals are going to jail one day.

they are f-ing insane.

sweetpotato

RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:

These war criminals are going to jail one day.

they are f-ing insane.

right. so let's vote for another repugnican and see how different things can be.

jlew24asu

ledvedderman wrote:

Cheney warns Congress of need for new surveillance law
Posted: 12:30 PM ET
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Vice President Dick Cheney warned Congress Wednesday that a "day of reckoning" is near if it doesn't soon pass a bill to replace an expiring law that expanded the government's ability to conduct warrantless surveillance of suspected terrorists.

In a speech before the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, Cheney called on lawmakers to make permanent the temporary changes that helped close a gap in the intelligence community's ability to gather information important to national security.

Last August, Congress hurriedly passed the Protect America Act (PAA) after the Director of National Intelligence told the lawmakers that technology changes had hampered the ability to collect intelligence against terrorists. The law expires February 1.

The vice president also pushed Congress to give immunity to telecommunications companies who assist the government in the warrantless eavesdropping on terrorists believed to be overseas even if those calls should involve conversations with people in the United States.

from what I saw on cspan last night, he wants to renew this

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Intelligence_Surveillance_Act


not make "new" surveillance laws. I see both sides of this argument

RolandTD20Kdrummer

sweetpotato wrote:

right. so let's vote for another repugnican and see how different things can be.

Do you really understand the party structure, or what libertarian means?

I'm guessing no.

ledvedderman

RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:

Do you really understand the party structure, or what libertarian means?

I'm guessing no.

If he's a libertarian, why doesn't he run as one? Oh, it's because he needs that (R) next to his name to get elected in that congressional district in Texas? Fuckin' sellout.