Powell Speaks Out on Domestic Spy Program - New York Times

Powell Speaks Out on Domestic Spy Program - New York Times:

Colin Powell understands the reality of the world we live in. The Times, to it's discredit, spins this story with an emphasis on getting warrants, rather than on the necessity of the surveillance, which Powell clearly endorses, although he apparently did not know about it when he was Secretary of State.

"'My own judgment is that it didn't seem to me, anyway, that it would have been that hard to go get the warrants,' Mr. Powell said. 'And even in the case of an emergency, you go and do it. The law provides for that.'

But Mr. Powell added that 'for reasons that the president has discussed and the attorney general has spoken to, they chose not to do it that way.'

'I see absolutely nothing wrong with the president authorizing these kinds of actions,' he said.

Asked if such eavesdropping should continue, Mr. Powell said, 'Yes, of course it should continue.'

Mr. Powell said he had not been told about the eavesdropping activity when he served as secretary of state."