More questions. Let's cut to the chase.
- Yes or no, is the President using this program to spy on his political enemies?
- Yes or no, is the President using this program to spy on the communications of groups critical of White House policy?
- Evidence has emerged that the FBI and government Joint Terrorism Task Forces have kept files on peaceful citizen groups like the Quakers, Greenpeace, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, PETA, and the American Civil Liberties Union. If the Joint Terrorism Task Force, as evidence has shown, has kept files on such peaceful domestic groups, does that constitute a "link" to terrorism which would bring these peaceful groups under the umbrella of the domestic spying program?
- Yes or no, is the program used to spy on members of Congress, either in their domestic or international communications?
- In Katz, the Supreme Court stated "The Fourth Amendment does not contemplate the executive officers of Government as neutral and disinterested magistrates...[] those charged with this investigative and prosecutorial duty should not be the sole judges of when to utilize constitutionally sensitive means in pursuing their tasks." Why then, does the executive branch believe that NSA staff can act as neutral and disinterested magistrates? Also, what makes you believe the Supreme Court would approve of the Executive Branch being the sole judge of the constitutionality of its own actions?
- You hid this program from Congress. You hid it from the Intelligence Committees, save eight members of Congress who could not take notes at your "briefings" and could not speak of the program to anyone, including attorneys. You hid it from the super-secret FISA court. The key question, Mr. Gonzales, is what do you have to hide?
By the way, Feingold is doing a great job.