Arch-conservative Krauthammer speaks about Bush “circumventing” the law. Where does “circumvent” lie

between enforcing and breaking the law? mjh

Charles Krauthammer Impeachment nonsense

Contrary to the

administration, I also believe that as a matter of political prudence and comity with Congress, Bush should have tried to get the law

changed rather than circumvent it. This was an error of political judgment. But that does not make it a crime. And only the most brazen

and reckless partisan could pretend it is anything approaching a high crime and misdemeanor.

Powell Speaks Out on Domestic Spy Program By STEVEN R. WEISMAN

Former Secretary of State Colin L. Powell said on Sunday … “My own judgment is that it didn’t seem to me, anyway, that it

would have been that hard to go get the warrants,” Mr. Powell said. “And even in the case of an emergency, you go and do it.

The law provides for that.”

But Mr. Powell added that “for reasons that the president has discussed and the

attorney general has spoken to, they chose not to do it that way.”

“I see absolutely nothing wrong with the president authorizing

these kinds of actions,” he said. …

Mr. Powell said he had not been told about the eavesdropping activity when he served as

secretary of state. … Though Mr. Powell stopped short of criticizing Mr. Bush, his suggestion that there was “another way to handle it”

was another example of his parting company on a critical issue with the president he served for four years.