From The Heritage Foundation

The House of Representatives would hamstring the wartime intelligence gathering of the United States if it passes the incorrectly named “Responsible Electronic Surveillance that is Overseen, Reviewed, and Effective Act of 2007,” or RESTORE Act (H.R. 3773). Will Representatives who support the bill accept responsibility when the intelligence gap created by the bill results in a failure to detect another terrorist attack on America soil? This is no rhetorical question. The bill would impose a Byzantine and unprecedentedly burdensome intelligence regime on those charged with protecting Americans from international terrorists and substantially impede the ability of the executive branch to gather intelligence on terrorist threats. Lawmakers who support H.R. 3773 should be required to clearly stake their careers on its effectiveness.

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