I wonder if anyone in Congress or the President actually read the thing......
I particularly like the part where the bill is passed into law, and then the public finds out what is in it later.
Bush to sign intelligence reform bill (Signing 10:05 AM EST)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1303403/posts
(Earlier, related thread)
S. 2845—134 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any person who violates, or attempts or conspires to violate, subsection (a) shall be fined not more than $2,000,000 and shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment not less than 25 years or to imprisonment for life.
Now that the media's blackout on reporting the details of the intelligence bill, instead choosing to endorse it with huge sh!t-eatting grins and telling us how wonderful it is, has succeeded in allowing the bill to pass with all the liberal-friendly happy talk in it about protecting terrorists' rights and keeping the borders "immigrant friendly", wait a little while.
A week from now, they will turn right around and start their "exclusive exposures" of all the evils of the intelligence bill and how it puts us in even more danger than before, and that it's as bad as the Patriot Act and it's all George Bush's fault because he wants us all to be attacked and killed by terrorists so he has more reasons to go to war for oil and imperialism.
When it comes the the media, conservatives are lose-lose. Liberals are win-win.
I feel so much safer today. ;)
I salute Jim Sensenbrenner, Tom Tancredo, Joel Hefley and all the 67 Republicans, plus the 8 Democrats who opposed and voted against this incomplete intel legislation. A comprehensive intel bill would have included measures to better address America's serious illegal immigration problem. The bill PresBush signed into law today isn't worth jackshit. Just more bureaucractic hogwash.
Just the sight of LIEberman turned my stomach. As for Kean and the rest of the jackasses from the 9/11 commission......well, I'll keep my opinion to myself lest I be banned for obscenties.
Oh great, I can't wait for that. Confiscating eyeglass repair kits from little old lady passengers isn't enough?
I'm so thankful that Bush is our President.
Another mistake. Not on the scale of CFR because that is blatantly unconstitutional but a mistake nonetheless.
When does he nominate Admiral James Woolsey as head of the new NID?
The Admiral is also former Director of CIA from '93-'95.
Left due to Clinton's neutering of the agency.
Right mix of DOD & CIA experience.
Would work well w Porter Goss.
As Clinton appointee, would have some Dem support.
"A key lesson of Sept. 11 is that America's intelligence agencies must work together as a single, unified enterprise," the president said.
There is truth in the statement, but AP should avoid that wording. We must remember the Sept. 11 attacks, not just as the fault of security agencies, but as the evil action of a determined and unvanquished enemy, and generally a caution against indulging complacent habits (such as political correctness) that give enemies an opening.
Anyone notice that President Bush only used ONE pen and threw it down on the Bill and kind-of gave a disgusted look at the "Lawmakers" the were behind him?
HOW DO YALL KNOW SO MUCH ABOUT THE NEWS?
If the President wants to make America secure, then he must replace Norman Mineta ASAP! That man is lauded by the ACLU for preventing profiling and profiling is a must for the airlines and all officers of the law. Mineta even sued the airlines for removing passengers profiled as Arab, Middle Eastern or Southeast Asian decent or Muslim.
Since all the afore mentioned are always behind some terrorist act, they must be profiled. Political correctness or sensitivity towards predominately Muslim terrorists should END today! Mineta is a hazard to our health and a poster boy for the ACLU.