Why didn't Gonzales bring this ruling by the Court of Review up at the hearings.
This is incredibly important as a legal authoriztion/ justification for the terrorist surveillance program.
He did, on several occasions.
HATCH: In fact, there's a 2002 case, In Re. Sealed Case, right?GONZALES: In Re. Sealed Case, as I said in my statement...
HATCH: I mean, that's a case decided by the FISA Court of Review, the actual FISA Court, right?
GONZALES: The FISA Court of Review was created by Congress to review the decisions by the FISA Court.
In that decision, in that case, the FISA Court of Review acknowledged that these cases by other circuit courts, that the president does have the inherent authority. And the FISA Court of Review said, assuming that to be true, that FISA could not encroach upon the powers of the president.