Cheney Calls for Permanent Warrantless Wiretapping

[ZombieHorde]

Sen. Reid Requests 30-Day Extension of Protect America Act

By William Branigin

Vice President Cheney called on Congress today to permanently extend the Protect America Act as the White House launched a drive to secure the tools it says are needed to fight a continuing terrorist threat beyond the law's Feb. 1 expiration.

In a speech to a sympathetic audience at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative Washington-based think tank, Cheney also said the law must include immunity from lawsuits for telecommunications companies that assisted the U.S. government's electronic surveillance efforts after Sept. 11, 2001.

"There is no sound reason to pass critical legislation like the Protect America Act and slap an expiration date on it," Cheney said. "The challenge to the country has not expired over the last six months. It won't expire any time soon, and we should not write laws that pretend otherwise."

With the law due to expire in nine days, Cheney said, "we're reminding Congress they must act now to modernize" the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), the 1978 law that the Protect America Act effectively updated. He said the law governing the secret electronic surveillance of terrorist suspects should be made permanent and "not merely extended with another sunset provision."

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[fascisthunter]

1. Don't Worry Unca Cheney

Reid and Pelosi will see what they can do....

[Mz Pip]

2. I wish we could permenently

wiretap Cheney. Oh the things we would learn...

Mz Pip
:dem:

[KansDem]

3. F**k you, Liar!!!

I'll just treat this statement as "False Statement No. 936"

[NanceGreggs]

4. Uh, I beg to differ, Dick ...

"The challenge to the country has not expired over the last six months. It won't expire any time soon, and we should not write laws that pretend otherwise."

The biggest threat to this nation will expire in January 2009, when you and your lil' pal leave office. Once that 'challenge' to our country's wellbeing is removed, everything else will be a paltry nuisance by comparison.

[ZombieHorde]

5. "The biggest threat to this nation will expire in January 2009"

Simply awesome.

[TheCowsCameHome]

6. Howz about a wireless pacemaker, you bald-headed stooge?

What a puke..............

[TahitiNut]

7. People spying on their government? Forbidden. Government spying on the People? Permanent.

Can we throw that bastard in prison yet? :grr: :grr:

[ZombieHorde]

8. "People spying on their government? Forbidden. Government spying on the People? Permanent."

This really sums up the situation quite well.

[Nailzberg]

9. Well, if that isn't an indicator of what side to take on this, what is?

[SeattleGirl]

10. Unca Dick can kiss my liberal ass!

I can't wait until he permanently retires to his freakin' bunker!