The Other One
Banned
"We killed the Patriot Act," boasted Minority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat....
President Bush has the safety and success of the nation as his priority, while the Democrats only goal is to concentrate on regaining power and undermining the President in the process.
The list of terrorist plots foiled thanks to the Patriot Act includes:
1. The West Coast Hijack Plot:
In mid-2002 the United States disrupted a plot to use hijacked airplanes to attack targets on the West Coast of the United States. The plotters included at least one major operational planner behind the 9/11 attacks.
2.The East Coast Hijack Plot:
In mid-2003 the United States and a partner disrupted a plot to use hijacked commercial airplanes to attack targets on the East Coast of the United States.
3. The Jose Padilla Plot:
In May 2002 the United States disrupted a plot that involved blowing up apartment buildings in the United States. One of the alleged plotters, Jose Padilla, allegedly discussed the possibility of using a "dirty bomb" inside the United States. Bush has designated him an "enemy combatant."
4. The British Urban Bombing Plot:
In mid-2004 the United States and partners disrupted a plot to bomb urban targets in Britain.
5. The Heathrow Airport Hijack Plot:
In 2003 the United States and several partners disrupted a plot to attack London's Heathrow Airport using hijacked commercial airliners. The planning for this alleged attack was undertaken by a major operational figure in the 9/11 attacks.
6. Another British Bombing Terror Plot:
In the spring of 2004 the United States used intelligence gathered under the Patriot Act to disrupt a plot to conduct large-scale bombings in Britain.
Four additional attack plots detailed by the White House targeted U.S. interests in the Middle East.
The only people who really had anything to fear from the Patriot Act were the ones who intended to do this country harm, and liberals.
NAYs -- 47
Daniel Akaka (D-HI)
Max Baucus (D-MT)
Evan Bayh (D-IN)
Joe Biden (D-DE)
Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)
Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
Robert C. Byrd (D-WV)
Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
Thomas Carper (D-DE)
Hillary Clinton (D-NY)
Kent Conrad (D-ND)
Jon Corzine (D-NJ)
Larry Craig (R-ID) **
Mark Dayton (D-MN)
Byron Dorgan (D-ND)
Dick Durbin (D-IL)
Russ Feingold (D-WI)
Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
Chuck Hagel (R-NE) **
Tom Harkin (D-IA)
Daniel Inouye (D-HI)
Jim Jeffords (I-VT)
Teddy Kennedy (D-MA)
John Kerry (D-MA)
Herb Kohl (D-WI)
Mary Landrieu (D-LA)
Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
Carl Levin (D-MI)
Joe Lieberman (D-CT)
Blanche Lincoln (D-AR)
Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)
Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) **
Patty Murray (D-WA)
Bill Nelson (D-FL)
Barak Obama (D-IL)
Bill Pryor (D-AR)
Jack Reed (D-RI)
Harry Reid (D-NV)
Jay Rockefeller (D-WV)
Ken Salazar (D-CO)
Paul Sarbanes (D-MD)
Chuck Schumer (D-NY)
Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
John Sununu (R-NH) **
Ron Wyden (D-OR)
Bill Frist (R-TN)*
** Rino rats
*Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN)
changed his vote at the last moment when
he saw the NAYs would win. This allows
him to call for a new vote at any time.
"To those who scare peace-loving people with phantoms of lost liberty, my message is this: Your tactics only aid terrorists, for they erode our national unity and diminish our resolve."