[Peach]

Gonzales: Under FISA, each emergency authorization must be followed up with documentation within 72 days. A judge must review, consider and approve the applications.

All the steps take time. AQ does not wait.

While FISA is appropriate for general foreign intel collection, it's not nimble enough against AQ. We can't demand that our soldiers be lawyers on the battlefield, we can't afford to impose layers of lawyers on intel officers who are tracking secretive AQ operatives in real time.

The program is necessary, lawful and respect civil liberties. It is within the mainstream of what other presidents have authorized. Congress has been briefed on the details. To end the program now would give room to our enemy for operations within our borders.

[Momto2]

Our Ememies are listening - smiling.....

[Bahbah]

Good job, Alberto.

[Peach]

Specter: Before proceeding to 10 minute rounds for each Senator, let me request that you make your answers as brief as possible and we'll make our questions as brief and pointed as each senator sees appropriate. (Yeah - like that will happen)

[Pukin Dog]

Oh, that final statement was the equivalent of shoving his foot up their backsides! Glad I stayed home.