Democrats sell our national security

Congressional Democrats have decided to let a vital intelligence law expire at the stoke of midnight tonight. They could have prevented this from happening but chose not to. In his weekly radio address, the President summed up the case for action.

At midnight, the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence will be stripped of their power to authorize new surveillance against terrorist threats abroad...

At this moment, somewhere in the world, terrorists are planning a new attack on America. And Congress has no higher responsibility than ensuring we have the tools to stop them.

Unfortunately, Democrats are too busy doing the work of their campaign contributors who are suing American phone companies for helping our government protect us. Amanda Carpenter writes at Townhall.com that "the 66 trial lawyers representing plaintiff s in lawsuits against these phone companies donated at least $1.5 million to Democrats, including 44 current Democrat senators."

Democrats know that if the FISA bill is passed, the phone companies will be protected from litigation and the trial lawyers will lose. In blocking this vital legislation, Democrats have put our national security up for sale. They apparently care more about making money for their campaign donors than actually saving American lives.