10 minute break
Alren jokes about taking a vote
Schummer chimes in by saying ... is that by proxy
One question Mr. Gonzales. When do we start the slam fest on the person(s) who leaked this program to the MSM?
THE TONE OF THE HEARINGS [John Podhoretz]
Very interesting. Teddy Kennedy is expressing his view that Gonzales's case in favor of the program is "strong" but that there's a lot of opinion to the contrary. Kennedy is also expressing his concern that people working for the NSA and even the phone companies might be exposed to lawsuits and other legal action if the administration's opinion does not hold sway in the courts. What I'm saying is...this might actually be a useful hearing. Arlen Specter seems to think that it's his place to attack, the Democrats may be properly fearful of being too aggressive and are instead using the hearing as an open debate on the complicated question of how to interpret intelligence-activity legislation.
Sessions is outside doing a spin statement on CSPAN...
Now has the sister of one of the pilots of an airliner that went down on 911
She is making a statement....