I'm surprised that the Congress and the president would choose to honor the Constitution by violating it.

The Constitution requires that Congress treat similarly situated persons similarly, not that it engage in gestures of superficial equality.

The Taiwan Relations Act of 1979 was the subject of extraordinary care and consultation between the Congress and the president. For President Bush to simply throw that away and ... effectively declare Taiwan a treaty ally without consultation with Congress, without a lengthy speech to explain to the American people the reason for undertaking this solemn and grave commitment and without any real consultation with allies ... is deeply troubling.

The principles of a free constitution are irrecoverably lost, when the legislative power is nominated by the executive.

The idea was to honor Eric.

Your honor ... he was given a slide show. In August of 2001, Tenet was given a presentation called 'Islamic Extremist' or 'Islamic Fundamentalist Learns to Fly.