What did you think of Specter's assertion that they expect Bush to wage a war without being able to do surveillance without a group of judges giving them permission???
Isn't that what he was saying??
That caller was definitely not a Republican...
Too many DNC talking points.
Gay guy on cspan whinning about Gonzales not being put under oath
I didn't take his objection to be as you rephrased it. I took his objection as the President "stretching" the AUMF beyond Congressional intent, when that stretching is used to justify surveillance with a domestic component.
At the same time, Specter seems just fine with "inherent authority," where any given (domestic/terrorist) surveillance would be measured in court by the test of "reasonableness" as articulated in the 4th amendment.
I'll have to read the transcript to see if he is adamant about requiring court order for surveillance in the first place. I think he's not adamant that way.