I completely agree with you.
I can understand the reason for passing such a bill though.
If the folks on Capitol Hill had to gather and vote everytime, it'd take weeks for them to react to such a thing as september 11th.
It is sad, that there is no non-government organisation (say maybe a church or such) to monitor, what the govt does.
That would help to make me feel better even with such a law in place...
