FISA Fight: Keeping us safe. Right.
by mcjoan

So what happens when Democrats offer, again, to extend the Protect America Act? You remember it. When it was about to expire, we got doomsday clocks and daily pronouncements from Bush/Cheney/Mukasey/McConnell and any number of Republicans that the "terrists ur gonna git us." Of course, what they didn't say is that it was the Republican's fault that the bill expired, and had it been passed, Bush would have vetoed it anyway.

As Reid put it today on the Senate floor:
As we move forward [with negotiations between the Senate and House surveillance bills], there is no reason not to extend the Protect America Act to ensure that there are no gaps in our intelligence gathering capabilities. Even Admiral McConnell, the Director of national Intelligence, has testified that such an extension would be valuable. But the President threatens to veto an extension, and our Republican colleagues continue, inexplicably, to oppose it.

And they opposed it again, today. When Reid offered a 30-day extension today under unanimous consent, Republicans objected. Once again, Republicans are asserting their ownership of the rankest hypocrisy and fear-mongering. Not to mention obstructing progress on what's supposed to be a critical part of our nation's intelligence and security.

But of course they did this. The Protect AT&T Act is more important to them than protecting America