US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is primed for his session with the Senate Judiciary Committee about NSA's terrorist surveillance program.
When I testify before Congress today, I will tell them not only that the president had the authority to use this effective antiterror tool, but that it would have been irresponsible for him not to employ this weapon to prevent another attack on our country.
Expect the worst from the senatorial gasbags. It'll be equal parts:
• Cynical political theater by the President's enemies
• Hand-wringing from naive civil-liberties purists
• Resentment that any action was taken without Senate pre-approval
• Support from the few realists who understand we're at war