I'm supporting appropiate judicial oversight to protect the republic from a grave crisis - the problem of unchecked powers given for indefinite ill-defined periods of time. If the President wants expanded powers then he needs to tell us what the clear well-defined exit strategy for the War on Terror is - otherwise he has to accept some oversight from the other branches of government just as the founders intended.
I am so tired of hearing this word "oversight". courts have become the final arbiters in this system - they make law, one day you wake up and your right to protect your property from seizure for private purposes is gone because 5 judges on the SCOTUS say it is. any decisions made by men are arbitrary, and the federal courts have become highly politicized.
you want the FISA court to be the ultimate decision maker on what foreign intercepts can be done? are they accountable to anyone if they deny a warrant on a person who turns out to be a dirty bomber? I find it amazing that alot of people here want to give the ultimate power to the branch of government that is the most arbitrary, and the most unaccountable to the people.
He has told us. The strategy is for victory. Most Americans do understand that, and most Americans want that from their CIC.
BTW, the President has not expanded power, he has utilized all available avenues within the law.