Hatch doing a good job reading various cases that support the president's authority to conduct warrantless wiretaps for foreign purposes.
I love Orrin. He would have made a great SCOTUS justice!
That 2002 case is really interesting....
I can't watch. It sickening them throw away our country and it's citizens. These people are traitors and need to be ARRESTED NOW!
Hatch: Campbell vs. Clinton.
Gonzales: Yes. The court authorized...
Hatch: interrupts and mentioning more cases.
Gonzales: The FISA court of review in that case acknowledged that these cases by other circuit courts tha tthe president does have authority. FISA said it cannot encroach on the president's constitutional powers.
Hatch: So people who say the president is violating the law are ignoring these cases?
Gonzales: I want to emphasize that we're overriding FISA. We use FISA - it's an important tool to fight the WOT. There will be discussion tod ay to amend FISA. I don't know that it will be amended. It exists even in peacetime. I think the procedures are reasonable in peacetime.