1 Probably true but essentially irrelevant in current argument. Is actions necessary and justified in time of war against enemy elements is what really matters. All this does is start an argument over FISA and not AQ!!!

2 Well it certainly would fly in the face of recent comments by some of our reps that if GWB wanted to wiretap with less impunity "all he had to do was ask". What troubles me is that there are far too many issues where Congress already makes too many new laws and decisions "without" the approval of "the people" as they act with their own impunity. Then we're left with little recourse as the money we give the ACLU, who should act in our defense, is spent defending terrorists and filing suits agaist every state in the union on perceived religious injustices. Congress has been a quivering mass of liberalism and used the Supreme Court to uphold them. Maybe we're getting back to a real balance once more and back to constitutional basics.