Hey Bearclaw, this one will get your dander up

 Hey, if it might just be illegal, just get your friends to declare it
legal - retroactively!

This one stinks to high hell.  It is an election year - bitch at yer
congresscritter.

<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/08/AR2006060801992.html>

Bush has cited his constitutional authority as president as
justification for undertaking the warrantless NSA surveillance. The
White House and Vice President Cheney have said up to now that no
additional legislation is necessary to bring the program within the
law.

Specter's bill, introduced yesterday at a committee meeting, was a
compromise worked out with Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) and designed to
gather enough Republican support so it can be taken to the floor for a
vote. During a conversation with Cheney yesterday afternoon first
disclosed by an administration official, Specter (R-Pa.) said he
arranged to have Justice Department officials begin reviewing his
proposal.

Another part of the Specter bill would grant blanket amnesty to anyone
who authorized warrantless surveillance under presidential authority,
a provision that seems to ensure that no one would be held criminally
liable if the current program is found illegal under present law.