Liberals in Congress Leave America Unprotected

Put Interests of Trial Lawyers Ahead of National Security

The Democrat Congress under the leadership of Speaker Nancy Pelosi left for home, leaving America unprotected.

They adjourned before passing a renewal of the Protect America Act, which updated the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA.)  The Protect America Act allowed for the warrantless surveillance of telephone calls coming into or out of the United States in which one or the other party is a suspected terrorist.  The measure never authorized warrantless surveillance of Americans' conversations with each other, contrary to what the liberal media wants you to believe.  It authorized the surveillance of suspected terrorists in connection with terrorism investigations.

The liberals are opposed to that, they are opposed to the successful aggressive tactic of waterboarding, and they seem to be opposed to the very concept of the War on Terror.

The extension of the Protect America Act was held up due to a disagreement over a provision that would have immunized telecom companies form lawsuits due to their cooperation with the government.  These companies were passing information about certain numbers to the government and will be much less likely to do so now that the liberals in Congress have chosen to subject them to lawsuits.

Clearly, the liberals care more about the interests of the big trial lawyers' lobby, one of their major constituencies, than they do about national security.  That is embarrassing and it is shameful.