Sessions: If a general statute clearly contemplates certain actions and they can't be effective without those actions, than it wuold overrule the earlier statute.
Gonzales: General statute vs specific statute - this was raised in the Hamdi case. SCOTUS said that authorization to use military force was sufficient to overridge prohibition in 401(a).
Sessions: Hamdi case is pivotal here. Hamdi case - American citizen held without trial and SCOTUS upheld it. They ruled it was an incident with regard to authorization of force.
Isn't listening to a phone call less intrusive than holding someone in jail?
Gonzales: Yes. (Described decisions by O'Connor and Thomas on SCOTUS).
Sessions going through what other presidents have done. Why aren't they mentioning Eschelon or doesn't it have validity in this conversation?