Bush urges Patriot Act renewed, expanded

[Pale_Rider]

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/04/19/bush.patriot.act/
HERSHEY, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- President Bush urged Congress to renew the anti-terrorist USA Patriot Act and strengthen it before the law expires next year, saying it gives investigators the tools to stop "terrorist monsters."

"There's only one path to safety, and that's the path of action," Bush said. "Congress must act with the Patriot Act. We must continue to stay on the offense when it comes to chasing these killers down and bring them to justice."

Bush credited the law, which passed overwhelmingly in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York, Virginia and Pennsylvania, with the ability of federal agents to break up "terrorist supporters and operatives" in eight states.

He urged Congress to make permanent all the act's provisions and to add others that he said would strengthen the law.

Renewing my membership with ACLU ...

[PaDUer]

1. Yep, sick ------!

This is his "speech" for this week at ALL his campaign stops!! Been to PA 27 times already!!!

[bluestateguy]

2. Tell him to quit whining and mind his P's and Q's

Congress will decide that, and he should keep his mitts off their business.

If they feel like it they may get around to it. If not, tough shit.

Seems nobody ever told Baby Bush that you can't always get what you want in Washington D.C.

[Jack from Charlotte]

3. I heard him speaking on this today on CNN. He said......

'.....like that movie said, Follow the money." He clearly meant to say, "Show me the money."

He's such a friggin' moron. I'm still shocked Rove and the boys let this idiot speak with out a script.

[Qutzupalotl]

5. Follow the money=All the President's Men

Show me the money=Jerry Maguire

[54anickel]

4. What's this crap? Didn't Shrub declare the war on terror, not the other

way around.

"We can't return to the days of false hope," he said. "The terrorists declared war on the United States of America, and the Congress must give law enforcement all the tools necessary to protect the American people."


This part makes sense to me -

Edgar said the government had extensive surveillance and investigator powers before the September 11 attacks "that it failed to effectively use."

"It seems that the president is using this issue as a distraction from some of the findings of the 9/11 commission that show that under their existing powers and existing law, the government did not do enough to protect us from the attacks of September 11," he said.