CNN.com - Democrats seek eavesdropping special counsel - Feb 27, 2006

CNN.com - Democrats seek eavesdropping special counsel - Feb 27, 2006: "'If the effort to prevent vigorous and appropriate investigation succeeds, we fear the inexorable conclusion will be that these executive branch agencies hold themselves above the law and accountable to no one,' wrote the lawmakers, led by Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-California, a member of the Judiciary and Homeland Security committees."

The above is an awful handy way to cover it. If they are not 100% satisfied and do not get absolutely everything they want, whether necessary or not; the "preconceived" conclusion will apply: '"executive branch agencies hold themselves above the law and accountable to no one."'

"The Democrats see "ample precedent" for a special counsel, citing the Justice Department's appointment of U.S. attorney Patrick Fitzgerald to investigate the leak of the identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame." Yeah, that's a good idea, that way it doesn't matter where it goes.

"After 22 months of investigation, Fitzgerald indicted the vice president's chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, for allegedly lying about his role in the disclosure." Was it just outright lying as indicated in this short, one sentence statement? Still waiting on whether "Plame" was even a "CIA Secret Operative," at this point too. You would think this would be an easy answer AND answered already, however, it is not.

""Indeed, the allegation of a secret NSA spying program conducting warrantless domestic surveillance of U.S. persons is at least as serious" as the matter Fitzgerald investigated, the Democrats wrote." It is more serious!!!!!

In reality, the President's use of NSA is more a question of the FISA court overstepping its bounds, not the other way around as has been the subject since this "secret" program was outed. Why no concern about the "outting" of the program?

Let's get real