Specter Hearts NSA Spying

Specter Hearts NSA Spying: "Patrick Radden Keefe originally wanted to call his examination of Sen. Arlen Specter's so-called 'compromise' bill on NSA spying, "Don't Shit in my Hand and Call it a Sundae."

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"This provision, along with the accompanying suggestion that the president can find authorization to wiretap either through FISA or 'under the Constitution,' effectively codify the Bush administration's controversial argument that the president's authority as commander in chief under Article II of the Constitution gives him virtually unconstrained license to do whatever he sees fit, national-security-wise. According to this view, it's not the NSA surveillance program that's unconstitutional, but FISA itself. Critics have dubbed this the Article II on Steroids theory; and however much he puffs out his chest at the administration, it appears that Arlen Specter has become a subscriber. (emphasis mine)"

(Via a DefenseTech.)