Birth of a talking point

The Sunday morning spinfests should be especially lively this week. We've been sleeping in through "Press the Meat" lately, but not tomorrow. Expect to hear this on every one:

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Republican senator on Saturday accused The New York Times of endangering American security to sell a book by waiting until the day of the terror-fighting Patriot Act reauthorization to report that the government has eavesdropped on people without court-approved warrants.
"At least two senators that I heard with my own ears cited this as a reason why they decided to vote to not allow a bipartisan majority to reauthorize the Patriot Act," said Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas. "Well, as it turns out the author of this article turned in a book three months ago and the paper, The New York Times, failed to reveal that the urgent story was tied to a book release and its sale by its author."

It'll be fun to hear the rule-of-law gang try to defend the White House's illegal activity.