US House clears $427.6 billion for Pentagon – Yahoo! News
Voting 219-207 largely along party lines, the House defeated an amendment to make the National Security Agency obtain warrants before listening to the international phone calls and reading the e-mails of U.S. citizens.
I guess it’s clear which party favors judicial oversight and which party favors unfettered governement spying. What I’ve failed to understand throughout this debate is, why is the Bush administration allergic to meaningful oversight? They could spy on terrorists just as well under FISA, the only real difference is that they can spy without any judicial review.
The lack of oversight ought to disturb every American who values the sacrafice our soldiers made protect freedom in this country. The tactics used by the Bushites in the “war on terror” spits in the face of everyone who every put on a uniform in defense of this nation. They have betrayed basic American values out of abject, pants-wetting fear of another terror attack.
The billions spent in Iraq would have been better used in securing the homeland, controlling our borders and inspecting inbound cargo. Much blood has been spilled and treasure wasted and we are less safe as a result. Imagine if the devestation from Katrina had been the result of a terror attack. We seem less ready than before to effectively deal with the aftermath.
It’s sad to watch as the reigns of power are held by incompetents and our nation suffers from their narrow-sighted stupidity and avarice.
