This is a good one:
"The Department of Justice believes -- and the case law supports -- that the president has inherent authority to conduct warrantless physical searches for foreign intelligence purposes and that the president may, as he has done, delegate this authority to the attorney general."
Jamie Gorelick - Deputy Attorney General under Bill Clinton, testifying before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
posted on Thursday, December 22, 2005 7:16 AM