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Press Briefing 03/07/06
— Tuesday, March 07, 2006 — Q Does the administration support the approach being taken by Senator DeWine on the NSA surveillance program? MR. McCLELLAN: Well, we've previously talked about that. Senator DeWine has put forward some interesting ideas. We've made a commitment to work with congressional leaders on legislation that would codify into law what the President's authority is. The President has not only authority, but the responsibility to use every available tool at our disposal to save lives and prevent attacks from happening. And the terrorist surveillance program is what you're bringing -- Q He doesn't have the right to break the law. MR. McCLELLAN: -- the terrorist surveillance program is a critical tool that helps us to detect and prevent attacks from happening in the first place. It helps us to connect the dots so that we can save lives. And it is vital in our efforts to defend the American people and the save lives. And as you've heard from people like General Hayden, our number two person in the intelligence community, it has been a successful program and it has been an important program. Now, we have had discussions with congressional leaders -- Senator DeWine is one of them. There are a lot of interesting ideas out there. We said from the beginning that we are open to listening to ideas. The President -- the one thing the President said was that he would resist efforts if it compromised the program in any way, or undermined his authority to protect the American people. This is about protecting the American people. Now, we -- Q He doesn't have the authority to break the law. MR. McCLELLAN: -- we did make a commitment with leaders, like Senator DeWine and others, to work with them on legislation that would codify his authority into law. White House Press Corps | Press Briefing | Scott McClellan
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1 Comments:
Well, that's a good ol' American concept... if you don't like the law, work towards changing it.
Hmm... must be easier if you're actually the one that gets to sign the law into law, huh?
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