The FISA battle continues

McJoan at Daily Kos lets us know that "AG Mukasey and DNI McConnell say the nation's security agencies have "lost intelligence" because Congressional Democrats haven't capitulated to Bush's will."

Cry me a flippin' river.

As mcjoan puts it so very clearly:

There's also a completely reasonable and simple solution to gain the telcos' cooperation even without amnesty: go the damned FISA court--which is still there, and not as busy as it used to be since they decided to bypass it--and get the damned warrants.

Harry Reid has this to add:

"But for the President, this debate isn’t about protecting America; it’s about protecting the telecommunications industry and his own Administration. He has explicitly refused to compromise on immunity for telecommunications companies even as he claimed the law’s expiration endangers Americans. I can only conclude, then, that the President would put Americans’ lives on the line to let phone companies off the hook. Democrats have different priorities."

[Emphasis either in the original or in mcjoan's posting thereof.]

Update:
In earlier post mcjoan gives us this quote from Bush:

Asked about a potential deal with Democrats, Bush said, "I would just tell you there's no compromise on whether these phone companies get liability protection."

"No compromise" is Bush-speak for "deal with Democrats."

Don't forget this reminder from mcjoan:

Let's just point out again that it was the Democrats who offered to extend the Protect America Act to "keep us safe," and Bush and the Republicans who forced that law to lapse.

Update 2:
Listen to the people:



h/t to Kagro X


--the BB