tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post89563353602474774..comments2023-10-19T21:48:56.560-05:00Comments on meaning in history: Unconstitutional FISA (4)mark wauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-89453293797269232462020-01-15T11:45:44.859-06:002020-01-15T11:45:44.859-06:00Titan, you're absolutely right to ask those qu...Titan, you're absolutely right to ask those questions. As I've maintained in the past, following Watergate, the Church committee, FISA, much of the Executive Branch--which is far too vast for any single president to control himself--began to see their interests as best served by an alliance with Congress. To control oversight and, above all, money. It's complex and not a complete mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-87791693768596434352020-01-15T11:34:32.077-06:002020-01-15T11:34:32.077-06:00Mark, thank you for the yeoman work here! I certai...Mark, thank you for the yeoman work here! I certainly understand FISA a bit more now. Over the years, I've developed an Occam's Razor approach to any number of matters, e.g., if the words "Ted Kennedy," or, "Jimmy Carter," show up on one side of a dividing line, I am, without even looking into the situation, on the absolute other side of that line. Doing this makes me Titan 28https://www.blogger.com/profile/09046922743675836512noreply@blogger.com