Sunday Morning Talk Shows On Spying

I've been surfing around the old blogosphere trying to find any interesting tidbits from the Sunday morning shows on the spy scandal. So far, the two most interesting/amusing finds come from Meet the Press and Fox News Sunday. Let's start with the Tim Russert Magic Funtime Hour-

From Think Progress, this exchange between Russert and Condi:

RUSSERT: What Democrats and Republicans in Congress are asking, what is the authority that you keep citing? What law? What statute? Where in the Constitution does it say that the President can eavesdrop, wiretap American citizens without a court order?

RICE: Tim, the President has authorities under FISA which we are using and using actively. He also has authorities that derive from his role as Commander in Chief and his need to protect the country. He has acted within his constitutional authority and within statutory authority. Now, I am not a lawyer and I am quite certain that the Attorney General will address a lot of these questions.

State of the Day has the translation of what she said:
"Tim, I am not a lawyer. Tim, we don't have the time to follow the law. Tim, we need the American people to understand how scared they should be. Tim, September the 11th. Tim, September the 11th. Tim, September the 11th. Tim, the President has acted under the Constitution. Oh, and if I didn't mention it, Tim I am not a lawyer. Tim, OUR lawyers looked at it. Tim, are you scared yet?"

And Crooks and Liars has video: Condi: I am not a crook! Sorry, I meant: I am not a lawyer!

Moving on... On Fox News Sunday, Bill Kristol proves the official talking points aren't ready yet and so he falls back on the ol' Republican standby... IT'S ALL BILL CLINTON'S FAULT!!11!! Once again, Think Progress has a transcript:

BILL KRISTOL: I wish Bill Clinton had done this. I wish we had tapped the phones of people that Mohammed Atta, that Mohammed Atta here into the United States, if we discovered phone calls from Afghanistan to him. That’s why 9/11 happened. That’s what connecting the dots is.

JAUN WILLIAMS: If you’re going after the terrorists so would a FISA court support it, just as you support it.

See previous blog rant on this theme:
Clinton Did It! (aka- Bush who?)

And, as always, Crooks and Liars has video: Kristol: It's all Clinton's fault