Thursday, February 16, 2006

The fix is in

Sen.: White House Agrees to Spy Law Change:
Senate Intelligence Chairman Pat Roberts said he has worked out an agreement with the White House to change U.S. law regarding the National Security Agency's warrantless surveillance program and provide more information about it to Congress.
"We are trying to get some movement, and we have a clear indication of that movement," Roberts, R-Kan., said.

Without offering specifics, Roberts said the agreement with the White House provides "a fix" to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and offers more briefings to the Senate Intelligence Committee.

The deal comes as the committee was set to have a meeting Thursday about whether to open an investigation into the hotly disputed program. Roberts indicated the deal may eliminate the need for such an inquiry. Democrats have been demanding an investigation but some Republicans don't want to tangle the panel in a testy election-year probe.

"Whether or not an investigation is the right thing to do at this particular time, I am not sure," Roberts told reporters while heading into the meeting.

This is an outrage. Whenever the Republicans get caught breaking a law they go back and change that law. This is why the Republicans shouldn't have control of the House or Senate. Their outright covering up for this administration is criminal. If there are any decent Republicans left they should speak out about this atrocity and do all in their power to overturn this deal to "fix" FISA. The Democrats need to stage a walkout, Congress should be shut down over this. If they don't do something then they are part of the problem.