I'm not talking about those wars. I'm talking about the War On Terror which was the genesis for spying on Americans. We don't have a war on Al Qaeda, we have

I'm not talking about those wars. I'm talking about the War On Terror which was the genesis for spying on Americans. We don't have a war on Al Qaeda, we have a war on Terror. It doesn't get anymore nebulous than that. Neither Bush nor Obama would stand before the American People and say that the authorization of force in Iraq justified a sweeping surveillance program that includes American citizens. But the War on Terror enables them to do exactly that because of its murkiness. I don't blame either Bush or Obama for taking advantage of the power vacuum left by Congress in the War on Terror. I just wish Congress would take some of that power back.