"First, the House bill could reopen dangerous intelligence gaps by putting in place a cumbersome court approval process that would make it harder to collect intelligence on foreign terrorists."

Having checks and balances and court oversight(as designated by the Constitution) is considered cumbersome to this Republican administration. That's why they have bypassed it. They prefer a secret police that can spy on anyone and answers to nobody.

Feel safe?

posted by lazlow at 10:00 PM  on Thursday, March 13, 2008