Protect America Big Money Act
QuestionGirl February 17th, 2008 - 9:17 am
From an interview with Michael McConnell, Director of National Intelligence, on NPR yesterday (via Irregular Times):
Renee Montaigne: Mr. McConnell, the Bush administration says that if the Protect America Act isn-t made permanent, it will tie your hands, intelligence hands, especially when it comes to new threats. But isn-t it true that any surveillance underway does not expire, even if this law isn-t renewed by tomorrow?
Michael McConnell: Well, Renee it’s a very complex issue. It’s true that some of the authorities would carry over to the period they were established for one year. That would put us into the August, September time-frame. However, that’s not the real issue. The issue is liability protection for the private sector
February 17th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
It’s not just protecting big money. They want to prevent us from knowing who Cheney was spying on. Wouldn’t you like to know?
February 17th, 2008 at 5:12 pm
I’d like to know alot of things concerning this administration, but I’ll probably be dead and buried before any of it comes out.