Letters With Teeth

Cong. Silvestre Reyes (D-Tx), Chairman of the House Intel Cmte wrote a letter today to the Preznit. The entire thing is a masterpiece of patriotic snark and smack to the face of the Boyking. Read it (Atrios has it in full here.)

The conclusion makes me smile:

I, for one, do not intend to back down - not to the terrorists and not to anyone, including a President, who wants Americans to cower in fear.

We are a strong nation. We cannot allow ourselves to be scared into suspending the Constitution. If we do that, we might as well call the terrorists and tell them that they have won.

Sincerely,

Silvestre Reyes

Member of Congress

Chairman, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence