Former Clinton Associate Attorney General John Schmidt says Bush's decision to authorize NSA eavesdropping is perfectly legal. John Hinderaker of Powerline cites Schmidt before asking the reporters from the New York Times to clarify whether they are aware of current case law and if they can cite any authority to back up their implication the NSA's program is illegal.  Hinderaker is pulling together a post which should make clear the legality of the program under current case law is beyond dispute. We'll post it when we get it.

UPDATE: Here are parts two and three to Powerline's discussion of the legality of the NSA program.