[NSA Spying]

Democratic Culpability?

Tom Maguire argues that Bush's secret NSA spying couldn't have been too serious if Dems knew about it. He quotes a CBS story as evidence:

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said she had been told on several occasions that Bush had authorized unspecified activities by the National Security Agency, the nation's largest spy agency. She said she had expressed strong concerns at the time, and that Bush's statement Saturday "raises serious questions as to what the activities were and whether the activities were lawful."

He may have a point, but this phrase gives me pause: " Bush had authorized unspecified activities." Can the legislative branch exercise its Constitutional authority if it merely receives word that Bush is conducting "unspecified activities?" Bears watching, but this exoneration seems feeble at best.