Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | The president, the stripper and the attorney general

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | The president, the stripper and the attorney general: "The attorney general argued that Fisa did and did not apply; that the administration was operating within it, while flouting it; and that it didn't matter. The president's 'inherent' power, after all, allowed him to do whatever he wanted. It was all, Gonzales said, 'totally consistent'. His explanation, observed Senator Arlen Specter, the Republican chairman of the judiciary committee, 'defies logic and plain English'."