(via Kos) Specter mad as hell at Cheney

[The Witch]

Perhaps Specter watches Jack Cafferty: (link is to a PDF)

It has been my hope that there could be an accommodation between Congress's Article I authority on oversight and the President's constitutional authority under Article II. There is no doubt that the NSA program violates the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act which sets forth the exclusive procedure for domestic wiretaps which requires the approval of the FISA Court. It may be that the President has inherent authority under Article II to trump that statute but the President does not have a blank check and the determination on whether the President has such Article II power calls for a balancing test which requires knowing what the surveillance program constitutes.

The other part of this letter I liked was the high school drama aspect:

I was surprised, to say the least, that you sought to influence, really determine, the action of the Committee without calling me first, or at least calling me at some point. This was especially perplexing since we both attended the Republican Senators caucus lunch yesterday and I walked directly in front of you on at least two occasions enroute from the buffet to my table.

Like, :wtf:, biyotch? I was totally right in front of you in the cafeTERia line! Like, OMG!

:rofl:

[MissWaverly]

1. I grew up in Pennsylvania, food offenses are taken seriously

People in Pennsylvania love their food, I grew up in a testing area for Hershey chocolate candies, you do not snub someone at a dinner. Could it be that they have finally over reached,
they might have gotten away with rendition or ballot box stuffing but food offenses, NOT.