Alberto. You've really outdone yourself playing lackey to one of the more 'bold' administrations in recent times. Careful now lest you peg yourself to be one of those Attorney Generals that Rehnquist trashed in his book. Oh? What's this... You've already done that?

"[the President] has been granted the inherent power to violate not only the laws of the Congress but the First and Fourth Amendments of the Constitution itself."

Say what? Care to repeat that? Shame! Your law school professors are wishing they'd never given you the gentleman's C in the first place. If they knew what haberdashery you were up to they would never haven given you a degree for fear you would reflect on their fine teaching. There are a lot of things "Congress shall make no law" for but here you're even saying that Congress doesn't need to make laws! Oh hell, let's do away with the constitution as well - I mean, North korea doesn't need one and it's done fine so far.

I know you're just trying to do your job (aren't we all?), so if you come up with some better arguments in favor of the eavesdropping program, maybe just maybe we'll let this big snafu slide. maybe.