Saturday, February 16, 2008

Sen. McConnell on the Expiration of Surveillance Authority Tonight   [Andy McCarthy]

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell has issued this statement:

What will happen at midnight tonight is much more significant than stump speeches, steroids or superdelegates. On Sunday, the terrorist tracking program the Director of National Intelligence tells us has led "to the disruption of planned terrorist attacks" no longer will be fully operational because of Congressional inaction.  

What is most distressing is that the terrorists haven’t ceased their activities, but we’ve conceded the capability to fully track them because the House Democrat Leadership blocked a vote on a bipartisan solution and then chose to close up shop and go home without completing their work.  

This is not a political contest, it is a live-fire situation. What we do—or in this case, don’t do—has consequences for our national security. At midnight, the country will be more at risk than it is today.  And that risk will increase each day we don't have a solution to this problem.”

02/16 09:36 AMShare