It’s a good bet Americans may be interested in getting an answer. Sen. Rockefeller and Rep. Pelosi were briefed on the NSA surveillance program two years ago, but are quick to let everyone (particularly their party’s hysterical base) know that they had serious “concerns” about it. According to today’s Washington Post,
So, Rockefeller and Pelosi are now claiming that they opposed the NSA operation as briefed to them by intelligence officials. They also want to hold the president “accountable” for pursing the program. But what about their accountability in light of the remarks of Gen. Michael Hayden, deputy national intelligence director, made at a Monday news conference?
America is a battlefield in the war against al Qaeda that stretches from New York, Washington and Los Angeles to Madrid, Baghdad, Karachi and Jakarta. The commander-in-chief believes he had the legal authority to conduct surveillance when “one party to the communication is outside the U.S” (as does a Clinton associate attorney general here), and, according to Gen. Hayden, the president’s actions stopped terrorist “attacks inside the United States.” Pelosi and Rockefeller and other Democrats opposed these actions. Let the debate begin.
