"Well, let me just say winning the war on terror requires winning the war of information. We are dealing with a very dangerous, very patient, very diabolical enemy who wants to harm America, and in order to be effective in dealing with this enemy, we need to have information," Gonzalez said.

"That is very, very important. And so we will be aggressive in obtaining that information, but we will always do so in a manner that is consistent with our legal obligations."

Legal obligations.. Sounds good for me. Can we get some of those for the executive branch? I think they could use some. It sounds like a "good idea" for spying powers.

What an interesting news cycle. Executive powers, domestic spying, torture, et cetera. I just found myself inspired to preform meme-fu on a classic Rumsfeld quote:

There are known legal obligations. These are things we know that we know. But, there are also unknown legal obligations. These are things we don't know if we shouldn't know.

This would be a great time to mention how much I love the NSA's flash intro.

Give the executive branch legal obligations for Christmas