I would hope that congress could be united in perturbation at what seems to be a clear pattern of contempt officials of the Executive branch has shown for them,

I would hope that congress could be united in perturbation at what seems to be a clear pattern of contempt officials of the Executive branch has shown for them, starting with the last presidency. And I'm not referring to the president or his political appointees, but the permanent security state. In particular, "Emperor Alexander" and the fiefdom he has accumulated [0], without anyone noticing, and unprecedented for any American military official, and clearly contrary to basic republican principles. If we continue the pattern of echoing the Executive's contempt for Congress, clearly intended as the principal branch of our democratic government, it will just continue it's pattern of delegating increasingly vague and arbitrary powers to that Executive, and offering no oversight whatsoever. And those powers are going somewhere. To "Emperor Alexander" or his successor. I don't like to see so many people echo of the contempt the executive has shown for congress. It doesn't help Democracy to attack it's principal branch. [0]http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/06/general-keith-alexander-cyberwar/ http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/06/general-keith-alexa...