Imagine if a president broke the law, fought to keep that fact secret...

[Brotherjohn]

...and when it got out, sought to investigate the whistleblowers, and then proceeded to defend his law-breaking vociferously.

Then imagine that president tried to retroactively change the law to make his crime legal.

CNN national security correspondent David Ensor had this to say today: "...expect this kind of surveillance to probably be brought under it when all the smoke and fire dies down."
(http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/24/otsc.toobin.ensor)

Others have been hinting at the same "political" solution.

In a functioning democracy, that president would be run out of office and into jail within weeks.

In a functioning democracy.

[JeffR]

1. If the president were a Democrat

It would be happening right now, functioning or not.

[Avalux]

2. Also, imagine that president on a whirlwind PR tour

to promote and justify his law-breaking to the American people with the excuse "I'm doing it to protect you". :crazy: