House Inaction Left America Open To Attack

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Author(s) Mitch McConnell
Source Investor's Business Daily
Date February 25, 2008
URL http://ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=288832606429890
Quote
Quotes-start.png "The consequences of inaction are real. Today, if someone in a previously unknown terror cell calls an eager new recruit in London, our agents will have to hang up the phone, apply for a warrant and hope for the best. If a Marine in Iraq captures a terrorist from a previously unidentified terror group, our agents will not be free to call the phone numbers in his laptop right away." Quotes-end.png


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This item argues for the position Act should be renewed on the topic Protect America Act of 2007.