Paul Begala actually said...

There has got to be a less intrusive alternative than getting the data of every single cell phone call, both domestically and internationall...

In fact the guy who wrote the Patriot Act, Jim Sensenbrenner, very conservative right-wing Republican from Wisconsin, Congress Sensenbrenner...

We cannot simply have a one-part test, does this work? It must also be, is this consonant with our values as a free society?

No is the short answer. No. I do want my government to protect us from terrorism. I do. But there has got to be a less intrusive alternative...