Held hostage

Nice reminder of what is truely at stake in the near future. The Democrats want to stop intruding upon the privacy of terrorists and organized crime, most Republicans want to smash the terrorists and criminals.

The Pueblo Chieftain Online - Held hostage: "Held hostage
EDITORIAL
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN

THE ABILITY of American intelligence officials to keep tabs on al-Qaida is in jeopardy with a move by Senate Democrats this week to block a permanent fix for the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.

Furthermore, they failed to support a 30-day extension of the program under a bill passed last summer. That act expires Friday without final congressional action in the Senate.

This is election-year politics playing fast and loose with the safety of the nation.

Much foreign communications pass through the U.S. owing to the nature of global electronic communications networks. When FISA first was approved in 1978, those networks did not exist.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid claimed that the Senate needs another month to do what it couldn't do since summer. The far left in this nation - haters of President Bush - want to deny this president the tools he needs to protect the nation.

We don’t think it’s wise to allow a minority to hold national security hostage in this manner. So here’s hoping that as Friday’s deadline looms, cooler heads will prevail."