From Byron:

Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Arlen Specter Tuesday said the White House has “pretty much abandoned” the “preposterous argument” that the National Security Agency’s warrantless-surveillance program was authorized by Congress when it passed the authorization for the use of military force in the war on terror. But Specter said the White House “has an argument” that the program is legal based on the president’s inherent authority under Article Two of the Constitution — although Specter said he does not know enough about the program to make his own judgment.