Reply #28: The R Party Line. Spin and Talking Points. [View All]

They are spinning this as "providing unprecedented constitutional protections to our sworn enemies" instead of

"providing unprecedented constitutional protections to our citizens" by requiring Bush to report how he illegally spied on US!

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Smith Expresses Concerns about Intelligence Bill
http://www.swnebr.net/newspaper/cgi-bin/articles/articlearchiver.pl?162507

Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) today opposed H.R. 3773, the RESTORE Act, pointing to serious flaws in the bill which would weaken the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) ....

“This bill falls far short of giving our intelligence community what it needs to do its job – while at the same time infringing on our civil liberties by creating and maintaining a single database listing all Americans identified in foreign intelligence information. This act is flawed and would significantly damage the intelligence community’s ability to effectively protect us from foreign threats,” Smith said.

“In the 30 years since Congress enacted FISA, telecommunications technology has dramatically changed. Instead of providing unprecedented constitutional protections to our sworn enemies as this bill does, Congress should focus on keeping the American people safe,”