[ohioWfan]

Quote of the Day (from Scott McClellan's press briefing): Q You kept saying "lawful." It's true the President -- there is a law that permits the President to get a warrant and wiretap. But he has not been doing that; he's been breaking the law. Al Gore said he broke the law. The ACLU is filing a suit. Why does he break the law? I mean, he has the means and the tools to do what --

MR. McCLELLAN: I reject that wholeheartedly, Helen. The legal justification has been spelled out by the Department of Justice.

In terms of Al Gore's comments, I think his hypocrisy knows no bounds. It was the Clinton administration that used warrantless physical searches. An example is what they did in the case of Aldrich Ames. And it was the Deputy Attorney General under the Clinton administration that testified before Congress and said, "First, the Department of Justice believes and the case law supports that the President has inherent authority" -- inherent authority -- "to conduct warrantless physical searches for foreign intelligence purposes and that the President may, as has been done, delegate this authority to the Attorney General." This is testimony, public testimony before the House of Representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

I would also point out that a former associate Attorney General under the Clinton administration said that every President since FISA's passage has asserted that he retained inherent power to go beyond the Act's terms -- under President Clinton -- and he pointed to the Deputy Attorney General's comments that I just referenced.

[ohioWfan]

MEGA DOSE PING!!!!!!!!!!!

[MamaB]

HI.

[Kate of Spice Island]

Hi there...

[Merlinator]

second?

[ohioWfan]

With Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt......

Enjoying a laugh..........I think about the Tour de France.....

Coming home....................from somewhere. :)

[altura]

with any kind of luck, I'll be in the top ten.

[MEG33]

Thank you!

[ilovew]

I LOVE Scott for saying that. That was great. "His hypocrisy knows no bounds." Awesome.

[cubreporter]

Awesome photos all. Someone else said our First Lady always seems to make someone smile. True. She is always laughing and enjoying herself as is her host. Barbara is a beautiful young woman. The whole family is awesome. Just awesome. Thanks for the beautiful photos.

[GretchenM]

Thankee, ohio, for the mega dose.

Music to my online ears:

"In terms of Al Gore's comments, I think his hypocrisy knows no bounds."

Scott McClellan, Make a note of it: January 17, 2006

[confederacy of dunces]

Morning bump.

Thanks for the DOSE Ohio. Very nice pics.

ot: Ohio, I know I owe some thoughts about the song "Steward of Gondor". I haven't forgotten, it's just that sometimes, certain unreasonable people expect me to work for my pay. LOL.