And I've used many sources to support the argument that the President doesn't have the rights he's claiming he does. (well except he said he didn't have them last year) You either dismiss or ignore other Republicans who don't share your opinion & somehow continue to paint this as a purely "Dems & the media out to get the President" thing. And Media Matter's pointing out... physical searches were not governed by FISA at the time Gorelick made that statement. So her argument was not that the president could go beyond FISA, as Schmidt wrote, but that FISA did not then apply to physical searches. FISA was amended in 1995 to encompass physical searches. Moreover, Gorelick at the time stated her support for legislation requiring FISA warrants for physical searches.... isn't untrue just because you don't care for the source.

As for your being fine with Hillary Clinton having those powers as long as she follows the law, maybe you don't understand the scope of this. This effectively gives the President the broad authority to decide how the wiretapping is done, with effectively no oversight. What protects us from any President misusing that?

Fair play!