I am concerned about this type of authority, in general terms. For sure, if the Klintoons were ever to wrest control of the WH again, there is no doubt that they would use (or, abuse, is the better term) these powers for their own political hackery. And, being one of the people who know, for fact, that the Klintoons would do this, I am a little leery of this political power being invested solely with the President.
We also benefit from a President that, despite weaknesses in other areas, has been a leader in defending this country.
But, even with some of those legitimate concerns, the ability to quickly react to and track down these scumbags is an obvious necessity. In fact, if Klintoon would have been actually doing his job (i.e., defending the country) instead of diddling interns, he may have seen that this was how we should have been handling the security of this country prior to 9/11.
Course, once again, the media wing of the DNC (the NYTimesWashPostNBCCBSABCCNN&SADLYFOXNEWS) jumps over itself, the obvious facts, and the practical conclusions of the story...just so they can bash a political foe (i.e., the President).
So, so much for facts, so much for reasonable reporting. It's just bash, bash, bash, bash. It's sad that an American institution (which the NY Times is; right, wrong, or how we feel about it) has come so low. In many ways, it is really indicative of the general decay that our society has gone through since FDR made so many of our countrymen cradle-to-grave socialist mental cases.
But, as long as American Idol continues to be on air, I'm sure that most won't care. Sad.
An edit? Crush the RATs and RINOs, drive them before you, and hear the lamentations of their girliemen.