The boys of Article I

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter said Sunday he will hold public hearings into the National Security Agency's secret warrantless wiretapping program and he has asked Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to testify.

Asked by CBS News if the attorney general had agreed to testify, the chairman said, "Well, I didn't ask him if he had agreed. I told him we were holding the hearings and he didn't object. I don't think he has a whole lot of choice on testifying."

Nice to see the United States Senate (U.S. Constitution, Article I) assert its constitutional authority to oversee the executive branch (U.S. Constitution, Article II).

Nice to see somebody stand up to the baseless assertions of unlimited presidential power in time of war.

Arlen Specter, freedom fighter. If he sticks to his guns, this will be a great show.

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