,,Congress Must Stop Playing Politics with FISA and National Security

Congress Must Stop Playing Politics with FISA and National Security


 

Publication Date: January 2008

Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): James Jay Carafano; Robert Alt; Andrew M. Grossman

Research Area: Government

Keywords: Legal issues; intelligence; privacy; Terrorists

Type: Brief

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

Congress's 15-day extension of the Protect America Act puts intelligence-gatherers in an impossible situation.