[Pragmatic_View]

Good article, more detail, than most other articles I have seen about this.

They also mention that the Senate Judiciary Committee will open hearings Feb. 6. How can these hearings be open?! Are the Senators trying to leak more helpful info for the terrorists?!

And of course McCain makes some comments, that makes one think, "with friends like this, who needs enemies" (see article for more detail). Instead of saying that he is confident based on many who came forward assuring the legality of this, he says this:

Asked if he thought Bush had broken the law, McCain replied, "I don't know. I want to be perfectly clear. I don't know the answer. That's why I welcome the hearings."

[frankjr]

"How can these hearings be open?"

Saves the Dems the trouble of having to leak secretly to the NYT.

[FlipWilson]

Not that this will be news, but MSNBC just re re re re re jumped the shark. They actually had a reporter sitting in front of the White House with the caption underneath him readng:

"SECRET SPYING?"

No kidding, secret spying. My God, the scandal, spying, in secret!!!!

[Wasanother]

Best comeback for the day;
Rumsfeld to reporter after being asked to answer a speculative question,"why don't you report the news instead of what might be the news".

[LZ_Bayonet]

If this monitoring technology had been available at the time of the Vietnam conflict, would it have monitored phone communications that may have taken place between John Kerry and/or the VVAW (Vietnam Veterans Against the War), and the North Vietnamese delegation in Paris?

Do memories of this scenario affect Kerry's thinking on this issue?

Does Senator Kerry think that a current U.S. military officer's communication with known elements of today's enemy should be subject to NSA monitoring as a means of protecting the U.S. against terrorist attack (sabotage for instance)?