I am listening to Alberto Gonzales doing a very bad job of defending the presidents secret illegal wiretap program. He is getting it from the right and from the left. Its good to know that a couple of republicans and democrats can still get together on an issue when its important. Not only is he getting his ass handed to him, but he seems to have been caught in a lie as well.

When the Senate Judiciary Committee begins the most important oversight hearing in recent congressional history this week, Wisconsin Democrat Russ Feingold will go after Attorney General Alberto Gonzales for what appears to be a deliberate deception of the committee and Congress.

This is not a political game. This is not posturing to score ideological or intellectual points.

By every measure, Feingold has the goods on Gonzales.

In advance of the Judiciary Committee hearings on President Bush’s authorization of the warrantless wiretapping of the telephones of Americans, Feingold sent a letter to Gonzales asking that the attorney general prepare to explain why, during his confirmation hearings in January 2005, he responded by saying “it’s not the policy or the agenda of this president to authorize actions that would be in contravention of our criminal statutes” – a statement that appears to have been a lie.

The American public might things is a good idea for the president to be able to listen in on calls from terrorists (and they would be right because it is something they should be doing), they have been tricked into thinking that this is what this issue is about. When in fact its about the president doing whatever the hell he feels like without any respect for the law at all. I am a bit concerned that they didn’t put him under oath, I mean why not? Listen up people, this is not about the president finding out who is a terrorist, its about the president breaking the law. He broke the law, he should have gone through the FISA court to do this, he didn’t. He should have asked congress to pass some laws to let him do this if he wanted to do it, he didnt. In fact he doesn’t even seem to intercepting calls from one terrorist inside this nation to another terrorist inside this nation. What the hell. These people are not even doing their jobs correctly. Let alone that the fact that we don’t know how the decide you are a terrorist, even if you are innocent they keep your info on file, and they have little or no oversight from congress. In short, BIG BROTHER.