NO ONE EVER OBJECTS TO ME-TOOISM:

Sen.: White House Agrees to Spy Law Change (KATHERINE SHRADER, 2/16/06, Associated Press)

Senate Intelligence Chairman Pat Roberts said he has worked out an agreement with the White House to change U.S. law regarding the National Security Agency's warrantless surveillance program and provide more information about it to Congress.

"We are trying to get some movement, and we have a clear indication of that movement," Roberts, R-Kan., said.

Without offering specifics, Roberts said the agreement with the White House provides "a fix" to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and offers more briefings to the Senate Intelligence Committee. [...]

Earlier in the day, White House spokesman Scott McClellan hinted at a "good discussion going on" with lawmakers and praised in particular "some good ideas" presented by Sen. Mike DeWine. The Ohio Republican has suggested the FISA law be changed to accommodate the NSA program.

However, McClellan left the impression that any deal would not allow for significant changes.

This was always going to be resolved by Congress agreeing that what the Executive did was constitutional.

Posted by Orrin Judd at February 16, 2006 4:29 PM