I Think What The American People Are

It Is Difficult, If Not Impossible, To Argue That Laws Written In The 1970s Are Adequate For Today's Intelligence Challenges.

Iran Is Not A Make-believe Country. It Is A Real Country Populated By Some 75 Million People - Real People; Including, I Daresay, A Majority Who Are Philosophically And By Education Inclined Toward The Modern, Secular World, And Particularly American Values.

I Supported The Iraq Resolution, But That Was Not An Approval Of War In Iraq And Certainly Was Not Approval For An Occupation Of Iraq.

A Critical Component Of White House Scandal Defense 101 Is Rallying The Partisan Base. This Keeps Approval Ratings In Territory Where The Wheels Don't Start Falling Off. The Way To Achieve This Goal Is You Go Negative And You Don't Let Up. If You're Always Attacking Your Accusers, The Debate Becomes One Of Democrat Vs. Republican, Rather Than Right Vs. Wrong. Anyone Who Questions The Legality Of The Decision To Wiretap Thousands Of Americans Unlawfully Is Attacked, As Either An Enabler Of Terrorists Or A Bitter Partisan Trying To Distract A President At War.

Let Us Not Rush Into A Vast Expansion Of Government Power In A Misguided Attempt To Protect Freedom. In Doing So, We Will Inevitably Erode The Very Freedom We Seek To Protect.