Political Quotes

“I say through the Chair, the distinguished Senator from Virginia deserves far more credit than he is ever given. I was trying to sneak in a little bit to say how much we appreciate his service. When he needs to correct me, I always stand corrected. To return to the question, I do have an answer, and that is, the committee conducted a comprehensive and bipartisan review. We interviewed witnesses, we went out to NSA to see how the Terrorist Surveillance Program was implemented, examined documents, including the Department of Justice legal opinions and letters from the Government to providers. The letters were provided to the carriers in regular intervals and stated the activities had been authorized by the President. All the letters also state the Attorney General had determined the activities to be lawful, except for one which stated the determination had been made by the counsel to the President. After conducting this extensive review, the committee concluded the providers that allegedly assisted the TSP acted in good faith and, based on representations of the highest level of the Government, that the program was lawful.”