Big Sky Cairn

House Democrats, folding to one of their most important and powerful special interest groups, have allowed our intelligence gathering laws to revert back to the way they were before September 11, 2001 - you know, when the colossal failure of these laws cost nearly 3000 Americans their lives.

Why?  Part pressure from their lawyer buddies, part political miscalculation, part inept leadership.  Whatever the reason, the fact is that you are less safe today than you were two weeks ago.

For some reason Al Smith did not mention harming public safety in his screed against Congressman Rehberg on Montana Public Radio. I am not holding my breathe waiting for a trial lawyer to explain how hampering our intelligence agencies is standing up for the little guy.