The Terrorist Surveillance Program does not target ordinary U.S. citizens. This is a valuable program that I strongly support because it is protecting American lives. Let me say a few things about this program.
First, to protect the American people, our government needs to know whether individuals already in the U.S. are communicating with known Al Qaeda terrorists or associates. The program disrupts terrorist planning and the organizing of terrorist attacks.
Ergo, Americans are being targeted.
And, of course, in attacking Democrats for supposedly not being concerned about the leaks, Hoekstra misses one very important fact:
And third, persons entrusted with extremely sensitive information about this program have taken it upon themselves to jeopardize it by leaking to the news media. This is a breach of trust with the American public, and I am concerned that my Democratic colleagues are turning a blind eye to this illegal activity.
What about your president, Mr Hoekstra? Has he announced an investigation into who leaked this information to the press? That's his job because he has the power to do it. What makes you think the Democrats can or should take the lead here? What's next? Blaming Bill Clinton?
Instead of wasting your time expressing your outrage about these leaks in a newspaper's editorial section, maybe you should spend your time writing a letter to your president asking him why he's not doing his duty.
The only 'breach of trust with the American public' going on here is your party and your president's continuous lies, your party's complete refusal to oversee his actions and your willingness to cover for him. That is where the true outrage is happening.
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