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...You, on behalf of your party, on arguing that we should have highly publicized show hearings at which every aspect of this covert operation is dissected and provided to the media and public. Some of that public will most likely be current or potential terrorist operatives.



And you ignore that 2 of the 5 senaters who wrote requesting an investigation are Republican & you also ignore the fact that any investigation would be behind closed doors, as they should be.

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...In addition, it should be noted that you have argued that, if the legalities are ambiguous, that in itself requires a public investigation. You are attempting to establish a precedent that any president who engages in a covert act where the law is ambiguous faces a public investigation of that covert act. That precedent will, by its nature, have a chilling effect on the efforts of future presidents to defend the nation.


No, it would only be a bad thing if Congress didn't do it's duty. This wiretapping power of Bush's if left uninvestigated will be passed on to future Presidents. When I brought this up earlier, you replied as long as they followed the law you were fine with it. The obvious question is what law would they be required to follow?

Fair play!