Question -- If trying get faster response time, why not change the law.
Pres: This is targeting and limited to known AQ relationships. Calls aren't intercepted in the country. They are calling from outside the country to inside the country or inside the country to outside the country. Not from LA to Houston, for example.
The AG has briefed people this morning on why it's legal. I understand people concerned about civil liberties. I want to make sure the American people understand we have an obligation to protect you adn your civil liberties.
An open debate about law would say to the enemy "here's what we're going to do".