Arlen Spector is feeling good from his head to his shoes. He has a new attitude:
"President Bush's electronic surveillance program has been a festering sore on our body politic since it was publicly disclosed last December. Civil libertarians, myself included, have insisted that the program must be subject to judicial review to ensure compliance with the Fourth Amendment.
The president has insisted that he was acting lawfully within his constitutional responsibilities. On its face, the program seems contrary to the plain text of the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which regulates domestic national security wiretapping. The president argues, however, that his inherent constitutional powers supersede the statute. Without knowing the exact contours of the program, it's impossible to say whether he is right or wrong. But three federal appeals court decisions suggest the president may be right.'
...."Know where I'm goin' and I know what to do.....I tidied up my point of view....I got a new attitude"....
UPDATE: Pretzel Logic. Heh...they're calling for "More Fitz"....heh...
For refresher: The program IS legal - period.
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