and i think, you know, as mr. korbuggests, we face enemies and the congressional authorization of military force really did give the president a lot of latitude, president bush. but it's been unfortunate to see a democratic president who actually opposed the authorization himself, though he wasn't in the senate, use it and take it farther than his predecessor. because this is way further than anything president bush did that we know of. >> mr. korb, what about the oversight on this? i mean, mr. greenwald says that we're assassinating people. your thoughts. >> first of all, i think the attorney general made that very clear today. acting in self-defense is not an assassination. the other thing is, yes, the president has the authority and he can delegate to it other people in the chain of command. but what we do know is the president has been intimately involved in making all the decisions, at least, you know, every time that something comes to light, whether it's bin laden or al awlaki, he has been right up there doing i