Legal Authority

No spin. No ignoramuses arguing on a shouting head TV show.

An official communication from the Administration to the appropriate Congressional committees:

Letter from Assistant Attorney General William E. Moschella[*1] to the chairmen and vice-chairs of the Senate and House Intelligence committees (a PDF file).

You need to read this document in order to begin to have an informed opinion on this scandal. Oh, it’s a scandal, all right, but it isn’t the scandal that most of Big Media want you to think it is.

C[*1] http://www.nationalreview.com/pdf/12%2022%2005%20NSA%20letter.pdf