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Listening To The Enemy: The President's Power To Conduct Surveillance Of Enemy Communications During Time Of War, John Eastman

John C. Eastman

Ever since the New York Times published classified information in December 2005 about the efforts by the National Security Agency to intercept enemy communications to or from sources in the United States (as authorized by the President in his capacity as Commander-In-Chief), there has been a great hew and cry about the President's "illegal" conduct. Calls of impeachment have even been heard, both in the media and in the halls of Congress. The Congressional Research Serviced weighed in at the request of members of Congress, concluding that "it might be argued" that the President had violated the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance …