In the wake of the resignation of Albert Gonzales as Attorney General, Hugh Hewitt thinks not. He thinks that a confirmation process is a splendid opportunity to take the war on terror to the Democrats.
The confirmation hearing of the right nominee is in fact a great stage for the defense of the Administration’s national security policies, including the recent revisions to FISA.
What is needed is a very sharp and experienced prosecutor who has overseen the investigation, indictment, trial conviction and sentencing of a terrorist or many terrorists in a proceeding that employed evidence that was available only because the government’s full powers of surveillance were deployed. The nominee needs to be smart on the law and fully aware of what we are up against.
The point is: The administration doesn’t have to get an Attorney General on board by the middle of next week. It can afford to dance and delay.
And there is the useful fact that the American people believe in the need for surveillance of terror suspects and Democrats apparently don’t.
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