Feinstein: It comes as a huge shock when the president said in Buffalo last year that anytime you hear about a wiretap, it comes with a court order. (Trying to catch the president in a lie but isn't this the same group of people that didn't mind that Clinton lied).
This statement appears to be false, don't you agree?
Gonzales: No, Senator, I don't agree. He said he was referring to roving wiretaps. That discussion was about the Patriot Act and just before he made that statement you referred to, he used the words "roving wiretaps".
As you know, the president is not a lawyer, but it was a discussion about roving wiretaps and it's unfair to take his statements out of context.
In today's parlance, Feinstein got SERVED.
Feinstein BACKED OFF immediately with just a simple answer from Gonzalez.
Diane is a weenie.
Gonzalez..smacks Feinstein..round goes to Gonzalez.
MAJOR BITCHSLAP!
Wow...good slam down by Al right there.
Exactly. In a "roving wiretap" on a U.S. person that person is the target of the action. The Bush admin has repeatedly made it clear that whenever a specific U.S. person becomes an intelligence target they go the FISA route. The terrorist surveillance program does not target U.S. persons, it targets the overseas communication in manner standard for monitoring enemy signals intelligence.
It's not plausible that a U.S. Senator cannot comprehend this. Apparently they can, however, pretend not to do so for political purposes.