[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10889]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               DON'T PLAY POLITICS WITH NATIONAL SECURITY

  (Mr. FLEMING asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. FLEMING. Mr. Speaker, it has been almost 8 years since the 
tragedy of 9/11, and America has not experienced another catastrophic 
terrorist attack on our home soil, not due to blind luck but due to 
hard work. Homeland Security during this period thwarted attacks 
through enhanced interrogation of suspected terrorists. This is a fact. 
For this, we should thank them, not mire them in millions of legal 
fees.
  But in recent days, more sympathy has been shown to current and 
potential attackers than to the men and women hired to prevent their 
deadly acts from coming to fruition. Memos detailing American 
interrogation methods were selectively released by the administration 
for political reasons, when other memos showing their life-saving 
results have not.
  Most Americans believe releasing this important information has 
endangered many innocent Americans in the future and subjects us to 
future terrorist attacks. Shouldn't we remember it was the self-
paralysis of our intelligence systems that led to 9/11 in the first 
place? Why should we go back?

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