Hudspeth County Herald and Dell Valley Review (Dell City, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, January 4, 2008 Page: 5 of 12
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HUDSPETH COUNTY HERALD - DELL VALLEY REVIEW JANUARY 4, 2008 PAGE 5
For Intelligence Efforts to Fight Terrorism,
. Time is of the Essence
I City
CitJ on December 11, 2007, Director of National Intelligence, Ad-
miral Mike McConnell made an arresting plea in the editorial
*11-- pages of the New York Times: "Help Me Spy on Al-Qaeda. ” In an
Blanc urgent op-ed, he implored Congress to provide the resources
lanca America’s intelligence officials need to safeguard our country
ibrary against terrorism.
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smissc The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 signaled changes
in the kinds of threats posed against the U.S., and, specifically,
Y _ the tactics these terrorists use to carry out their violent plots.
!? ra( in today’s world, terrorists employ fast-advancing technologies
30 anl and communications networks to orchestrate and execute at-
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tacks. The 9/11 attack on the U.S. depended extensively on
wire communications with known terrorist suspects abroad.
) During the summer of 2007, Congress passed the Protect Amer-
ball Di ica Act, a six-month measure that has temporarily given our
national intelligence agencies the tools to quickly detect ter-
ierce rorist activity and other threats to our national security, and to
take appropriate measures to thwart these designs. The Act,
I in effect, modernized the decades-old Foreign Intelligence
ketbal survejQance Act (FISA). FISA prescribes physical and electronic
’ surveillance of foreign intelligence, but has not been updated
ketbal to reflect the immeasurable technological progress, such as the
i at proliferation of easily accessible and disposable cell phones,
that has been made in the 30 years since the law’s 1978 enact-
lissal ment.
ht at
' Libra Prec’ous time 1S passing and we’ve yet to complete comprehen-
’ sive, permanent legislation to equip our intelligence commu-
nity with modern and relevant tools to protect America from a
JL smart and agile enemy who harbors no respect for human life.
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Show I The Protect America Act allows intelligence officials to more
effectively collect foreign intelligence without first having to
sketbJ obtain a court order. The Act stipulates that the court order
would not be required for targets involving known terrorist sus-
iketbal pects reasonably believed to be located outside the U.S. It al-
in Dell ^ows surveillance of specific people - not their telephone lines.
The measure is careful to preserve civil liberties, and lawful,
I h al eve,Yday communication between Americans would not be af-
1 ra fected. The out-dated and obsolete rules of FISA have mired in-
telligence officers in writing lengthy legal justifications, calling
DO them away from the critical, time-sensitive task of detecting
ht at and tracking terrorist threats. Furthermore, a cell phone be-
»rary ing monitored could be thrown away and replaced with a new
dI Boat one before an agent could get court approval; or a phone card
office bought at the grocery store could be used and disposed of in
a matter of minutes. It is simply impractical to intercept the
jketbal near-mstantaneous information transmitted over cell phones
t hornf or th0 lnternet when time-consuming court proceedings are
required. Such a mandate precariously delays interception of
intelligence, and, in a worst-case scenario, hinders our ability
iketba t0 a terrorist plot.
at hoir
To be effective, our counterterrorism efforts must be on the
iketbal leading edge of technology. The Act extends liability protection
at hoiY to private sector partners, such those in the telecommunica-
tions industry, who have assisted intelligence officials in their
nissal e^orts to detect terrorists.
The Protect America Act enables the intelligence community to
detect just the kind of terrorist communication that led to the
tragedies of 9/11. But this temporary law will expire on Feb-
ruary 1, 2008. The threat of foreign terrorists, however, will
not expire with it, which is why permanent legislation must be
enacted.
In the Senate, responsible and comprehensive legislation has
been drafted to bring FISA into the 21st century. The legislation
has broad, bipartisan support and has been poised for Senate
passage and approval by President Bush for more than a month.
Unfortunately, some in Congress have prevented this from hap-
pening. Once again, at the end of December, a small minority
of Senators blocked this legislation from moving forward. As
a result, this vitally important measure will not be taken up
again until Congress returns in mid-January, leaving us only
seven working days to complete this major legislation before
the Protect America Act expires. Further delay could lead to a
gap in critical national security policy and tie the hands of our
intelligence officials working to protect Americans.
We wouldn’t dream of sending our troops into battle without
the equipment and supplies to carry out their mission safely
and successfully. Similarly, we cannot assign the intelligence
NOTICE
FARMER’S ASSOCIATION, INC. OF DELL CITY, TEXAS WILL MAKE A
DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR, 2007.
PLEASE BRING IN YOUR FARMER’S ASSOCIATION, INC. STOCK
CERTIFICATES TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR PAYMENT TO:
JAMES LYNCH, SECRETARY
FARMER’S ASSOCIATION, INC.
296 SOUTH MAIN STREET
DELL CITY, TEXAS
OR
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community with the task of
gathering information on our
enemies and using it to help
keep our nation safe, while
placing unreasonable obstruc-
tions in their path.
For the safety of all Ameri-
cans, we cannot put this off
any longer. I join our national
intelligence community in
urging swift and certain ac-
tion in Congress as soon as we
return in January.
Short height and speeches on
behalf of the Democratic party
earned President James Polk the
nickname “Napoleon of the
Stump.”
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