Thank you, Matt Drudge

From the Drudge Report:

"Bill Clinton Signed Executive Order that allowed Attorney General to do searches without court approval

"Clinton, February 9, 1995: 'The Attorney General is authorized to approve physical searches, without a court order.'

WASH POST, July 15, 1994: Extend not only to searches of the homes of U.S. citizens but also -- in the delicate words of a Justice Department official -- to "places where you wouldn't find or would be unlikely to find information involving a U.S. citizen... would allow the government to use classified electronic surveillance techniques, such as infrared sensors to observe people inside their homes, without a court order."

Drudge provides this link, http://nationalreview.com/york/york200512200946.asp. Despite it leading to the National Review, the first paragraph presents a slightly different picture from what judge presented (emphasis mine):

"In a little-remembered debate from 1994, the Clinton administration argued that the president has "inherent authority" to order physical searches — including break-ins at the homes of U.S. citizens — for foreign intelligence purposes without any warrant or permission from any outside body. Even after the administration ultimately agreed with Congress's decision to place the authority to pre-approve such searches in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court, President Clinton still maintained that he had sufficient authority to order such searches on his own."

In other words, Clinton made his case to Congress; Congress objected; Clinton agreed to abide by the FISA court. That compares with Bush ignoring Congress and the FISA court to wiretap people -- sort of like Saddam used to do.

Fact Check: Clinton/Carter Executive Orders Did Not Authorize Warrantless Searches of Americans

http://thinkprogress.org/2005/12/20/drudge-fact-check/

but at least he was a patriotic, law abiding randy SOB.

wouldn't it indicate that Republicans said it couldn't be done?

Why have they flip-flopped on this?