You, whomever may read this, may have noticed that I'm rather interested in the revelation of NSA's warrantless domestic spying program authorized by the administration.
The first day of the Senate hearings was/is today, with Attorney General Alberto Gonzales testifying, though apparently not under oath. I haven't gotten a chance to read too much about how it went, so I'm just going to link to things as I go through it. Consider this a round up:
* Senator Leahy's smackdown opening statement.
* WaPo's article,Gonzales Defends Legality Of Surveillance.
* Gonzales' prepared opening statement.
* NY Times' article, Defense of Eavesdropping Is Met With Skepticism In Senate.
* Glenn Greenwald's live blogging of the hearings. In general, Glenn's blog is kind of the go to site for left of the aisle analysis of this affair.
* Reuters' article, Democrats Frustrated By Gonzales On Eavesdropping.
* LA Times' (via Chicago Tribune) article, Spirited Debate On Limits Of Presidential Power. Be sure to read page 2 of it.
* Think Progress picks out a strong point made by Lindsay Graham (R-SC).
* Here's the Fox News' take on the proceedings. Strangely, their front page, as of 5:39 PM, has the hearings relegated to a side bar while 3 stories pointing towards "big bad Muslims" are front and center.
* John at AmericaBlog has a running commentary throughout the day. Take a scroll down it. Same goes for Digby
* For a taste of how the hearings are being interpreted over on the still-supporting Bush Right side of the aisle (I say that because some conservatives and Repubs have come out against this program), you can check out Powerline, a good enough weathervane for the apologists.
I'll probably give my thoughts on this sometime soon.
- Glitter
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