If the White House has an argument about delay, or that modern technology is outpacing the legal measures available to track down critical information to protect national security then we need to have some hearings. However, the hearings should be held in private.

It seems to me that the White House has just plain goofed when they didn’t have to. Or, if they had to then we need to know why so we can amend the law accordingly. Although, this must be hashed out with the Congress to establish adequate grounds for keeping pace with technology.

At our current juncture we can only take the word of the White House on a handful of issues that COULD potentially be abused for an entire assortment of malfeasance.

Some of these so-called acivists ARE terrorists, but they masquerade as dissidents.

“F.B.I. officials said Monday that their investigators had no interest in monitoring political or social activities and that any investigations that touched on advocacy groups were driven by evidence of criminal or violent activity at public protests and in other settings.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/20/politics/20fbi.html?ei=5094&en=171df5b870cdd147&hp=&ex=1135141200&partner=homepage&pagewanted=print

This guy named Tre Arrow is accused of terrorism for ELF, but he is jailed in Canada awaiting extradition. He is masquerading as a “peaceful” dissident. That’s what the terrorists do. Read especiallly “Tre’s Messages.” He is such a liar. http://www.trearrow.org/

Here are the facts.
http://www.oregonlive.com/newsflash/regional/index.ssf?/base/news-13/1134074945171440.xml&storylist=orlocal