[Seattle Conservative]

Good - Frist just corrected Timmy's "Domestic survelliance" question and said terrorist suvelliiance.

Pubbies need to keep correcting Dims claims of domestic wiretapping - that's NOT what it is.

Timmy just read an article that said in essence that Bush didn't have the right to do this (Congressional Research).
For every 'scholar' that claims what Bush is doing is illegal, there are many more that says it is. Frist arguing that as the CIC, he has the right to do so per statute.

[Seattle Conservative]

Oh now Timmy brings up FISA and says why not obey the law.
Frist says he has constitutional use of force passed by statute and as CIC. He also says FISA may need to be changed.

First, if the President feels he is operating under the law, which many lawyers have said he is and I agree, why would he go to FISA? First, it could set a precedent and tie his or another President's hands in the future, and, as I've pointed out on other threads (I believe on this one as well), FISA has turned down or modified more warrants from the Bush admin than IIRC almost all of the other ones put together. Prior to this Admin, they hadn't refused any and since 2001 they have refused 6 and modified many more.

[Morgan in Denver]

More importantly, the courts have ruled in favor of domestic surelliance. It's legal, the Democrats just don't like it when a Republican does it. It's political. The Democrats have yet to explain the thousands of FBI files that "fell" into Hillary's hands, for one.

[shadeaud]

Timmy attacks and when Frist corrects him Timmy just puts his head down and goes on to another talking point.

[snugs]

Well done Mr Frist he maybe sometimes a bit wishy washy but I believe his heart is in the right place. No pun intended.

[rodguy911]

I'm glad Frist is up there doing the hard job but you gotta wonder how we wound up in a position of having to defend ourselves about intercepting terrorists phone calls!!

Also I learned this week, forget where, that GW had begged the NYT not to run the story on how we intercepted terrorist calls,he even brought nyt execs up to the oval office, and they ran it anyway. Shortly thereafter we got fewer and fewer intel. NYT should be tried as the traitors that they are.